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Thai heads up Towers Watson data services team
Global professional services company Towers Watson has appointed Sutthirak Puttawong as global data services leader of its Thailand office, effective September 1.
In this role, he will have overall responsibility for the management of Towers Watson’s Global Data Services Practice in the Kingdom.
Pichpajee Saichuae, managing director of Towers Watson Thailand, said: “We are very pleased that Sutthirak joins our Thailand office leadership team. He is a talented and passionate leader who offers remarkable international experience and corporate perspectives to our diverse range of Thailand clients. I look forward to partnering with Sutthirak as we continue to drive growth across Thailand.”
One-stop returns solution from FedEx
FedEx Corp has announced the launch of FedEx Global Returns, a shipping solution designed to simplify the worldwide returns process.
The solution offers retailers enhanced ability to manage their customers’ returns experience, including editable return labels, customs documentation and flexible return destinations.
“In a region with a thriving, fiercely competitive e-commerce sector, delivering an outstanding customer experience is vital, and FedEx Global Returns puts the shipper in control,” said David L Cunningham Jr, president, FedEx Express Asia Pacific.
“Our Asia-Pacific customers now have a one-stop solution that in turn enables them to offer their customers a streamlined, efficient and flexible returns process backed by the reliability of FedEx,” he added.
SEC launches ‘Money Mun-D’ radio show
The Securities and Exchange Commission has launched “Money Mun-D”, an infotainment radio programme serving as a channel for the dissemination of knowledge on financial planning and investment to the general public.
The programme aims to help support sustainable development in Thailand.
SEC secretary-general Vorapol Socatiyanurak said the agency had launched “Money Mun-D” to build a positive attitude towards becoming a responsible citizen, along with raising awareness on life-cycle financial planning among the general public, and particularly teenagers and working-age persons.
The programme runs in four parts, starting with “Check-in” to update hot issues, followed by “Street Stang” to share with the audience interviews of people from all walks of life concerning their life-style and financial management.
The “Mai-Tem-Baht” section presents behaviours and misunderstandings in saving, investment and living, while “Long-D” offers tips on life-cycle financial planning and investment.
“Money Mun-D” is on air from 12-1pm on FM 98.5MHz every Wednesday and Saturday. Audiences can also share their impressions and experiences and enjoy activities through the Facebook fanpage: Money-Mun-D-by-???.
Amway Thai unit joins ‘Nutrilite Health Run’
Amway Thailand is joining global celebrations of Nutrilite’s 80th anniversary to underscore its success as the world’s No-1 dietary-supplements brand.
In a six-country collaboration of Amway Southeast Asia, the “Nutrilite Health Run” will be held to build brand awareness and consumer experience.
Amway Thailand is confident that Nutrilite sales in the Kingdom will exceed Bt6.1 billion this year.
Kittawat Ritteerawee, managing director of Amway (Thailand) Limited, said: “Nutrilite is the only global vitamin and mineral brand to grow, harvest and process plants on our own certified organic farms. It is tenable to say that Nutrilite has changed the idea of people around the world by enabling them to take a self-reliant approach to good health, using plant-based dietary supplements. As a result of this success, global sales of Nutrilite supplements reached Bt147 billion last year. We are therefore planning an investment of Bt11.25 billion to expand our production capacities, including Nutrilite Double X and Protein dietary supplements that continue to be our best-selling products to date.”
Isetan Japanese food and tourism fair in Bangkok
Isetan Department Store has collaborated with various Japanese organisations to hold the “Chubu Food & Tourism Fair 2014”, which runs until October 13 on the fifth floor of its Bangkok store.
The aim of the fair is to introduce fresh food products, processed food products and agricultural products from five prefectures in the central region of Japan – Nagano, Gifu, Shizuoka, Aichi and Mie – as well as to promote a tourist attraction called “The Dragon Route.”
10th office for Credit Guarantee Corp
The Thai Credit Guarantee Corporation opened its 10th branch in Ubon Ratchathani yesterday in response to the government’s roadmap to support small and medium-sized enterprises’ efforts to expand their businesses in the border areas via increased access to finance in the lower Northeast region.
As a result of the branch opening, TCG expects the number of customers requesting a guarantee to increase by 30 per cent and push the agency’s total guarantee amount to more than Bt2 billion by the end of the year.
TCG aims to support the increase of trade within the Chongmek border area between Thailand and Laos while helping boost the economies of the five provinces in the lower region of the Northeast.
It said trade in Chongmek had increased from Bt13 billion in 2013 to Bt16 billion today and had increased 17 per cent since the beginning of the year while the total guarantee figure from 667 operators in the five provinces was Bt1.44 billion.
The top-five sectors in the provinces in terms of the most requests for a guarantee from TCG were – in order – production and retail, food and drink, consumer products, services, and chemicals and pharmaceuticals.
GSB ready to help spur grass-root economy
The Government Savings Bank is ready to support the government stimulate the grass-roots economy, said the bank’s acting president Tachaphol Kanjanakul.
Tachaphol said the bank made an operating profit of Bt13 billion during the first nine months of this year, mainly due to increased interest income.
He is confident the bank’s profit this year will exceed the Bt19-billion target given it has made a profit of Bt2 billion per month and its non-performing loans fell from 1.7 per cent to 1.6 per cent, the lowest figure among commercial banks.
Customs Dept keen on anti-graft fight
Somchai Sujjapongse, director-general of Customs Department, has revealed that the agency is committed to the serious suppression of corruption in line with government policy.
Somchai said the department had launched a transparency promotional campaign called “Custom Department’s Bell” that allowed people who had not received convenient service or fairness or had witnessed non-transparency to meet with a superior officer, with the matter solved immediately.
Every unit within the department would display the name, position and telephone number of superior officers clearly during the meeting so that any futures issues could be handled by the officer directly, he said.
That allowed the public to lodge a complaint if they had an issue with it including a lack of fairness and transparency.
He said the matter would be directly forwarded to be able to meet and declare such problems to their superior officers directly who will solve the problem immediately.
Every working units throughouth the Custom Department will place name, position, and telephone address of superior officers clearly at the meeting place so that the problems will be informed directly to them.
