



About TAT

Name: Mr Suraphon Svetasreni
Current Position: Deputy Governor for Marketing Communication and Acting Deputy Governor for Policy and Planning
Date of Inauguration: 1 November, 2009
Date of Birth: 22 December, 1953 (Age: 56 years)
Education:
• National Defence College Class 48
• Master of Public and Private Management, National Institute of Development Administration
• Bachelor of Arts (English), Chiang Mai University
Date of Commencement: 1 September, 1976
Experience:
1 November 2009 - Present
• Deputy Governor for Marketing Communication and Acting Deputy Governor for Policy and Planning
1 June 2008 - 31 October 2009
• Deputy Governor for Policy and Planning
2 October 2006 - 31 May 2008
• Deputy Governor for Marketing Communication
1 July 2003 - 1 October 2006
• Deputy Governor for Publicity and Public Relations
1 October 2001 - 30 June 2003
• Executive Director of the Tourism Resources Development Department
1 October 2000 - 30 September 2001
• Executive Director of the Marketing Services Department
1 - 30 September 2000
• Director of the Public Relations Division
1 September 1997 - 31 August 2000
• Director of the Marketing Development Division
1 July 1996 - 31 August 1997
• Assistant Executive Director of the Technical Department
1 January 1992 - 30 June 1996
• Director of TAT New York Office
1 April 1987 - 31 December 1991
• Director of TAT Pattaya Office
1 July 1986 - 31 March 1987
• Technical Officer (Class 5 - 6)f Research Section, Research and Statistics Division
27 April 1982 - 30 June 1986
• Marketing Officer (Class 4-5), Assistant Head of TAT Sydney Office
25 August 1980 - 26 April 1982
• Marketing Officer (Class 4), International Markets Development Section, Marketing Development Division
1 September 1976 - 24 August 1980
• Tourism Information Unit, Tourism Services Section
Training / Seminar / Study Visit
• Ship for Southeast Asia Youth Programme in 1978, Japan
• 2nd National Security Programme
• Seminar on the UNDP Foreign Market Study, Republic of the Philippines
• 31st Social Science Researcher Training Programme
• Seminar on the Strategy of Tourism Industry Management
• Certificate of Management in Ecotourism, Georgetown University, Washington D.C.
• Austrian Government's Tourism Management Scholarship, Klessheim Institute of Tourism and Hotel Management, Austria
• 1st Training Programme of Techniques for Conducting Meetings on Problem Solutions
• Intergovernmental Meeting on Tourism
• 1st Seminar on the Vision and Mission of the Government Public Relations Department
• Seminar on Tourism Marketing to the Year 2000
• 1st Public Speaking Training Programme
• Law and Regulations on Civil Servants1 Practices for TAT Executives
• Training for Public Relations Executives
• Top Executive Training Seminar
• The Leadership Grid Training
Committee Member of Organizations
• Member of the Committee of the Green Leaf Foundation (2005 - 2006).
• Honourable Member of the Rajamangala University of Technology Krungthep Council Committee (2007-Present).
• President of the Subcommittee on Image Reinforcement and Brand Building of the Rajamangala University of Technology (2007-Present).
Royal Thai Orders and Decorations
• Commander (Third Class) of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant
• Commander (Third Class) of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand
• Commander (Fourth Class) of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant
• Commander (Fourth Class) of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand
• Member (Fifth Class) of the Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant







