SEC Year-end report 2019

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Year-end Report
2019
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Seven years after the establishment of the Sasin Center for Sustainability
Management and four years after the establishment of the Sasin
Entrepreneurship Center, the sister centers officially combined forces to
become Sasin’s Sustainability & Entrepreneurship Center (SEC) that is today
recognized as the driver for embedding sustainability management thinking
and an entrepreneurial mindset into mainstream business functions.
We have a growing network of professionals and students who come
together for our many events, some of them under Net Impact’s Sasin-based
Bangkok Professional Chapter. Among these events are lunch meetings led
by world-class speakers; site visits; networking nights; and film screenings.
A striking transformation that began towards the end of 2019 was
Sasin management’s decision to raise sustainability and entrepreneurship as
twin focuses for the School’s strategic emphasis.
We are happy to share our latest dynamic year with you and look forward to
inspiring everyone in the pursuit of sustainability and entrepreneurship during
2020 and beyond!
Surawat Promyotin
Director, SEC
Greeting from SEC
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6
executive
workshops
21
public
events
Total attendees,
all our events
694
Sasin
community
members
48
128
Sasin students
experienced the sustainability
workshop
4,098
people in our
network
5%
increase in
network
members
SEC’s 2019 At a Glance
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CURRICULUM
o Practical sustainability
& entrepreneurship
o MBA orientation
o Incubation camp
IMPACT
o Bangkok Business
Challenge
o Net Impact events
o Ecosystem development
RESEARCH
o Sufficiency economy in
practice
o Stakeholder engagement
o Sustainability in the public mind
OUTREACH
o Conferences; site visits;
seminars
o Community engagement
o Strategic partnerships
o Startup competitions
o New venture commercialization
o Connecting startups to funding
o Strategic collaboration
o Implementing the SDG
o SME Consultation
o Facilitation; assessment
o Strategic leadership consultation
COACH & ADVISORY
SEC’s Core Activities
Our Core Activities

CSR Thailand
Our Network
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Contents
Curriculum………………………….……..............7
Training/Advisory……………………….….……12
Events………………………………….................17
Partnership………………………………..….......33
Contact.…………………………………..............35
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Sustainability & Innovation in the 2019 Sasin MBA Program
ELECTIVES:CORE COURSE:
Sustainability and Business Ethics
Stephen B. Young & Nick Pisalyaput
• Doing well by doing good & how to be good
• Asset approach to Business: good trusteeship
• Measuring asset quality
• Reporting on governance results
• Governance : duties of trusteeship
Sustainability Reporting
and Analysis
ORIENTATION:
Redefining Good
Business
Workshop
SEC & Guests
Curriculum Development
Embedding sustainability into the Sasin DNA
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Sustainability Practicum
Sustainability Lab
New Venture Lab
Action Learning Lab
Design Thinking for Business
Innovation

Sasin Orientation: Redefining Good Business Workshop
On 21 April 2019, SEC facilitated a “sustainability orientation
workshop” all incoming Sasin MBA and EMBA students under the theme
“Redefining Good Business”
Guest speakers included Prinn Panitchpakdi (CEO, CLSA Securities
and Governor of SET), Kobkarn Wattanavarangkul (Former Minister
of Tourism and Sports and Advisor, Toshiba Thailand), Pun-Arj
Chairatana (Executive Director, NIA), Karndee Leopairote (CEO and
Co-Founder, ICORA), Suracha Udomsak (Emerging Business
Director and R&D Director, SCG Chemicals), Pornthida
Wongphatharakul (Co-founder, Siam Organic), Pradeep Akkunoor
(Founder, Laiki Cracker), and Pamela Day on the Innovation Mindset.
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Sasin Orientation: Sasin Leadership Week
On 23, 24, 26 April 2019, SEC facilitated a “Sasin
Leadership Week Field trip” for incoming Sasin students
under the theme “Redefining Good Business”
We visited Sansiri’s T77 , SCG Open Innovation
Center, and Siam Venice Community at Huaykwang
community.
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As part of the Sasin Executive Education program,
SEC ran a “Top Executives Acceleration Program” for
Thonburi Hospital on 19 and 20 July 2019.
Sasin Executive Education:
Seed of Innovation Workshop
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As part of the Sasin Executive Education program, SEC ran a
“Krungsri Leadership Development Program” for Krungsri Bank on 6
June and 22, 23 July 2019.
Sasin Executive Education:
Seed of Innovation Workshop
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Executive Training and Advisory
Facilitating corporate/organizational vision for sustainability and change management
Workshops Advisory Projects Assessments
SEC provides training workshops and advisory
support to corporations and organizations,
starting with the Board of Directors and Executive
Management.
Sustainability Management
Vision/ Strategy/Roadmap
Stakeholder Engagement
e.g. employees, internal units, suppliers,
customers, NGOs, civil society
Master Class
Sustainability Management
Implementation Facilitation
Sustainability Reporting
e.g. Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) advisory
Change Management &
Coaching
Organizational Sustainability
Assessment
e.g. organization, stakeholder, benchmarking
Sustainability Reports
Review
Research/Case Studies
Sustainability Framework
Mindful Leadership
Change Management
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On 7 through 11 Sep 2019, the University of Oregon
brought 18 participants to join SEC for a study tour on
Sustainability. Participants learned how sustainable
development can be supported by communities, the
private sector, and by governmental organizations. The
trip included a series of workshops and field visits. Along
the way, participants also observed Thai culture and
sampled an array of Thai culinary specialties.
Education Trip: University of Oregon
Sustainability Workshop
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Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Training
SPRINT Accelerator Thailand
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SPRINT is a startup accelerator focused on
business strategy, marketing strategy, financial, IP,
and pitching skills. We support startups in deep-
tech verticals to enable them to become sustainable
ventures with a lean operational model.
Over the course of three months, startups in our
program receive classes from relevant experts, as
well as one-on-one mentoring sessions, concluding
with a Demo Day where startups pitch to seasoned
investors and entrepreneurs.
SPRINT Batch 3 recently concluded on October
2019, and preparations for Batch 4 are underway.
https://sprintacceleratorthailand.com
Thailand’s First Specialized Accelerator for Science
and Technology

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The concluding Demo Day was open to the public, with
each team presenting to a panel of judges. For Batch
3, a total of ten startups competed for a prize pool of
1M THB. NIA provided part of the prize money,
including our grand prize to winner System Stone, who
received 300,000 THB, followed by Eden Agritech
coming in 2nd place for 200,000 THB, and Edena
Truck at 3rd place for 100,000 THB. Four other teams
also received Honorable Mention Prizes of 50,000 THB
each.
TCELS, one of our partners, also presented the “Best
Life Science Startup” award plus 100,000 THB each to
DigiPro Smile and PetStem Cell.
https://sprintacceleratorthailand.com/
SPRINT Batch 3 Demo Day
19 October 2019
@ Sasin

Sasin Startup Incubator by SET2019
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Sponsored by the Stock
Exchange of Thailand (SET), the
SEC team offered Mentor-the-
Mentor training for faculty
members across Thailand in the
form of a Sasin Startup
Incubator (SSI).
Eighty-two faculty members from
40 universities (24 from
Bangkok, 13 from upcountry)
throughout Thailand attended.
16 December 2019
@ Sasin

Luncheon
Talks
Visits Networking
Nights
Film
Screenings
Conferences
& Seminars
Community
Outreach
To promote sustainability in society at large, SEC
hosts monthly Net Impact events and participates in
various sustainability-related events in Thailand and
abroad.
Since 2007, the Net Impact Bangkok Professional
Chapter has been administered by CREATE and
hosted by SEC, in partnership with the Sasin Alumni
Association. We host luncheon meetings every third
Thursday of the month, monthly trips, and alternate
a networking night with a film screening every two
months.
Net Impact is a society of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
professionals, students, and concerned citizens who come
together to share best practices and to help spread the CSR
mantra to all corners of the business world.
Net Impact's mission is to improve the world by growing and
strengthening a network of new leaders who are using the power
of business to make a positive net social, environmental, and
economic impact. With over 10,000 members affiliated to more
than 300 student & professional chapters on 6 continents in 90
cities and over 150 of the world’s leading graduate schools, a
central office in San Francisco, and partnerships with leading for
and non-profit organizations, Net Impact enables members to use
business for social good in their graduate education, careers, and
communities.
Get your FREE membership today at
www.netimpact.org and get discounts for our
events in 2020.
Events
Knowledge exchange, partnerships, and networking
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17 January 2019
21 March 2019
“Startup Life – First Hand Stories”
Sutthiporn Mekha-aphirak and Sukit
Benjangjaru
View VDO and download presentation
“Sustainable Model: Eco Tented
Camps”
Gilll Beck, Eco Tented Camps
25 June 2019
“Startup Pitching – Avoid the
Common Pitfalls”
Surawat Promyotin, Bangkok Venture
Club
29 August 2019
“Hacking Ticket Sales: Dave Malhotra”
Phromthep (Dave) Malhotra, Techsauce
19 September 2019
“Circular Economy Startups: Moreloop
Fabrics”
Amorpol Huvanandana, Moreloop
Luncheon Talk and Entrepreneurship Sundowner
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16 May 2019
“Can a Smart Trash Bin Save us Money”
Chris Regal, Winnow
24 October 2019
“Innovative Startups and the Banking
Industry”
Pongsatorn Dhanabordeephat, Refinn
View VDO
24 July 2019
“Innovation for Humanity”
Prof. James Calvin, Johns Hopkins
University

The Agricultural Innovation and Development Center in Pathumthani
focuses on researching new crops and runs experiments on organic
farming methodology. It blends technology with local wisdom to devise
agricultural techniques that fit today’s urbanized lifestyle.
Under the passionate leadership of "Uncle" Sudhep, the Center builds on
an urban farming model established over time through trial and error.
Visitors observed organic farming nature’s way; indoor farming, vertical
vegetable planting; 24-day soil treatment; and papaya tree hacking for
faster fruit growing.
https://www.facebook.com/suthep.koolsri
aCommerce is a one-stop solution for e-commerce in
ASEAN. aCommerce has the know-how to take
e-commerce operations from market entry to full scale. Its
Thailand 21K sqm fulfillment center uses specialized
technology to systematize and automate processes for full
warehouse management capabilities.
Visitors learned how a one-stop solution can disrupt how
companies operate country- and region-wide via a lecture
and a tour to experience the practices first hand.
https://www.acommerce.asia/
aCommerce Warehouse Visit
Thursday 7 March 2019
Agricultural Innovation and Development Center
Thursday 24 January 2019
On site experience
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On site experience
Indorama is one of the world's leading sustainable recycling companies. It is
one of only a handful of manufacturers that has managed to perfect the
demanding technology that transforms used plastic bottles into high quality
raw material for premium applications.
Visitors had an exclusive opportunity to step inside a state-of-the-art
recycling plant and observe up close how a company like Indorama can
change how the world feels about plastic -- not to mention how plastic waste
can be put to constructive use.
https://www.indoramaventures.com/th/home
Trash to Cash: Indorama’s Recycling Plant
Wednesday 28 August 2019
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BioThai Foundation was established through the cooperative efforts
of concerned social activists, farmers, academics, civil servants, and
members of local communities. They work on pressing issues such
as conservation, development, use of biological resources,
traditional wisdom, community rights, food security and sovereignty,
sustainable agriculture and development, and fair trade.
Visitors learned about BioThai’s campaigns to improve food security
and the public wellbeing, as well as the dangerous chemicals that
lurk in our food.
https://biothai.net/
Food Security for the Insecure
Thursday 27 June 2019

On site experience
During this weekend trip, participants of all ages participated in activities
to learn about assorted marine issues. Along the way, participants
enjoyed beach exploration and learned ways to contribute to marine life
improvement. They gained knowledge about sea turtle conservation; got
their hands dirty on a beach cleanup; and also learned how clown fish
farming can improve the aquarium industry.
All enjoyed snorkeling in the crystal blue water, sunbathing, and feasting
on scrumptious seafood.
www.turtles.navy.mi.th
https://www.facebook.com/Percula-Farm
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SOS: Save Our Seas Family Friendly Trip
24 Saturday – 25 Sunday November 2019
The Central food world program recently received the Leadership in Energy
& Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum certification. LEED Platinum is the
highest level attainable under the U.S. Green Building Council, and CPN
earned the first Platinum award in Asia for the Commercial Interior Retail –
Restaurant/Cafeteria category.
Through a partnership with SCG Green Building Solution and CPN,
participants learned how the foodwOrld reengineered to save energy and
increase water efficiency, and applied sustainable construction methods and
materials, reducing their carbon footprint while also creating a healthy
environment for customers and employees.
https://www.centralworld.co.th/centralfoodhall/
Leed Platinum Commercial Interior: Central World Food Court
Thursday 31 October 2019

7 February 2019
This workshop offered an introduction to the Excel tool and to best practices
for ensuring that technology-based social impact initiatives are conducted in
ways that are appropriate, effective, and sustainable.
View VDO
Family Health International (FHI 360) is widely known for its work in
improving health and wellbeing world has developed an Excel-based
planning and due diligence tool to help decide wide. With support from
the Rockefeller Foundation, FHI 360 on what technology to use, and
when to use it.
Participants received an introduction to the Excel tool and to best
practices for ensuring that technology-based social impact initiatives
are conducted in ways that are appropriate, effective, and sustainable.
“Ways workplaces can prevent and respond to
sexual misconduct”
By Monisha Bajaj
Free Workshops
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2 May 2019
“Improved Decision-Making for Technology”
By Josh Woodard

Participants engaged in guided discussions and open dialogue on how to
become more accountable and responsible. They learned about the
agencies and initiatives behind the recycling industry. The aim was to solve
‘recycling and waste disposal mysteries’ and to learn how to differentiate the
common types of waste - to make it as easy as possible to have a positive
impact.
11 July 2019
“Waste & Recycling”9
By Sasin Sustainability & Entrepreneurship Center
Free Workshops
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17 September 2019
“Category Design: How unicorns build their empires”
By Polpot Songthamjitti
Participants learned about The Power of Words: A single word can
have a huge impact on the human brain. How to brainstorm the
perfect word to accelerate customer understanding of a product’s
core value. They also learned how startup unicorns design their
categories to become category kings and wipe out all competitors.
View VDO

Free Workshops
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12 November 2019
“Take Flight: How social innovators can think and perform
at scale”
By Pete Silvester
Pete leaned heavily on the analogy of flight in an attempt to debunk the
concept of social enterprise, demystify the processes of growth, and
offer some simple ideas and tools to help would-be entrepreneurs to
think and perform at scale.

Global Startup Competition @ Sasin
SCG Bangkok Business Challenge @ Sasin
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Established in 2002, Bangkok Business Challenge
(BBC) remains Asia’s longest-running global
student startup competition, instilling the
entrepreneurial mindset into undergraduate and
postgraduate students alike. Not only do we
highlight sustainability in our judging criteria and
host several experts in the field as our judges, but
we also have a dedicated sustainability award
round with a Thai Royal Trophy for the winner. This
is in an effort to bring sustainability concerns and
ideas to the mainstream.
bbc.sasin.edu
Asia’s Longest-Running Global Student
Startup Competition
20-24 February 2019

On 17 May 2019, The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands,
Sasin Sustainability & Entrepreneurship Center, and OUT BKK
Business Network organized a LGBTI Business Conference on
IDAHOT day. The conference focused on “LGBTI inclusion in the
Workplace: The Next Diversity Challenge for Thailand.”
The discussion aimed to set the stepping stones and a development
path to implementing diversity and inclusion for LGBTI within the Thai
workplace and business environment. Research has demonstrated that
large companies can be agents for change and that their impact on the
general work culture can be significant.
LGBTI Inclusion in the Workplace: The Next Diversity Challenge for Thailand
17 May 2019
Hosting Conferences @ Sasin
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On 30 May 2019, Vasu Srivibha, SEC Chief of Operations,
moderated a session on “Education at the Workplace: Digital
and Sustainable Transition” at the Sustainability and Business
Forum 2019.
The event was organized by the French and the Netherlands
Chamber of Commerces in collaboration with other
international chambers. The objective of the forum was to
showcase the concrete business achievements in
sustainability in Thailand and the region. SEC has been a
partner of the Forum since the first year.
The panel addressed the ways companies can support
employees facing new challenges including digital and
sustainability concerns. Other panelists included Ines
Caldeira, Managing Director of L’Oréal Thailand, Tithaphong
Phongsphetrarat, Head of strategy and Sustainability of
Somboon Advance Technology, and Maxime Carpentier, VP
Internet of Things of True Digital.
Attending Conferences
Sustainability for Business Forum 2019
30 May 2019

CSR Asia Summit 2019
18-19 September 2019
Sustainability: From Rhetoric to Results. Nearly 400
sustainability, CSR and supply chain experts, and
practitioners from around Asia Pacific gathered for
Asia’s largest sustainability conference. Supply chain
challenges, migration, human rights, investors and ESG
data, climate change, and the move to a more circular
economy were among the topics discussed at CSR Asia
Summit 2019.
The event featured 60 speakers addressing 22 sessions
on the challenges and solutions to the region’s most
pressing issues centered around this year’s theme,
Sustainability: From Rhetoric to Results.
SEC’s Alex Mavro moderated a panel discussion on
“Entrepreneurship Accelerator for Sustainability in
Thailand and beyond”. Panelists included Amorpol
(MoreLoop), Boonyarit Soonphonrai (Hybrid Aereator),
and Craig Griffin (EcoMatcher) at Centara Grand,
CentralWorld.
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Net Impact Conference 2019
24-26 October 2019
SEC Senior Advisor Alex Mavro and Sarun Chumjinda,
SEC Sustainability Development Project Manager,
attended the annual international Net Impact
conference in Detroit, Michigan. It was a stirring
reminder of the energy and passion driving the current
generation of students as they experiment with how to
best improve sustainable life quality with the least
negative impact.
During many of the exercises we joined, we were able
to share the Bangkok Professional Chapter’s lessons
learned, having been the first such chapter established
in Asia.
https://www.netimpact.org/blog/2019-net-impact-
conference-what-did-i-miss
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Tokyo Forum 2019
10 January 2019
On 10 January 2019, Vasu Srivibha, Chief of
Operations of Sasin Sustainability and Entrepreneurship
Center spoke at the CSR Asia Tokyo Forum 2019 in
Tokyo, Japan on “Application of technology and
Innovation for Responsible Supply Chain in Agriculture
and Service Industry in Asia”
The Forum was organized by CSR ASIA Japan and the
theme was “TRANSPARENCY, INTEGRITY, and
IMPACT – How Japanese Businesses can Prioritize
Sustainability.” At the deepest stratum of intertwined
global supply chains, unexpected issues unfold and
challenges become difficult for companies to manage.
At the Forum, distinguished speakers with extensive
sustainability experience in Asia gathered to elaborate
on how Japanese businesses can develop more
strategic and effective supply chain management. Over
50 business executives from Japanese companies
attended the Forum.
Contributing to Sustainability Events
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Charting a future for decent work in supply chains in Thailand:
experiences from the automotive and food sectors
13 June 2019
Responsible Supply Chains in Asia
Charting a future for decent work in supply chains in
Thailand: experience from the automotive and food
sectors.
The ILO, in collaboration with Employers’ Confederation
of Thailand called upon the SEC to facilitate a side-
event for the Responsible Business and Human Rights
Forum. It took the form of a discussion in the context of
the “Responsible Supply Chains in Asia” (RSCA)
programme, a joint partnership between the EU, ILO,
and the OECD.
On 13 June 2019, Alex Mavro of the SEC moderated
this session at UNICEF.
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SEASN Board Meeting & Assembly 2019
29 July 2019
The Southeast Asian Sustainability Network (SEASN),
of which our sister organization CREATE is a founding
member, held its semi-annual board Meeting &
Assembly 2019 on 29 July 2019 at Olive Tree Hotel,
Penang. The meeting elected CREATE as Vice
Chairperson of SEASN for the period 2019-2021.
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SEASN organized its 9th Board Meeting on
3 December 2019 at CCR, USM, Penang.
The meeting was chaired by SEASN Chairperson and
the new Vice Chancellor of USM, Prof. Faisal Rafiq
Mahamd Adikan, and was attended by board members
coming from different organizations including SEC
Senior Advisor Alex Mavro serving as SEASN Vice
Chair in his role as CREATE Vice President.
9th SEASN Board Meeting 2019
3 December 2019

Silver
Sponsorship
• External organizational
sustainability assessment
• Recognition as supporter of our
regular outreach activities
(about 40/year)
Gold
Sponsorship
• External and internal
organizational sustainability
assessment
(about 40/year)
Platinum
Sponsorship
• One-day executive vision
workshop and report
• External and internal
organizational sustainability
assessment
• Contribution to academic case
study on organization
(about 40/year)
SEC welcomes ideas for cooperation on events and projects.
We also offer sponsorship packages to corporations and organizations.
Sponsorship of SEC is a valuable contribution to the business community and academia in Thailand
as well as to the work of business schools worldwide. It also entitles corporations to a tax deduction
authorized for donations to academic institutes such as Sasin.
Partnership
Cooperation and Sponsorship

Prof. Toemsakdi
Krishnamra
Honorary Chair
Assoc. Prof. Dr.
Adith Cheosakul
Honorary Co-Chair
Nick Pisalyaput
Deputy Director
Alex Mavro
Senior Advisor
Stephen B. Young
Honorary Co-chair
Kongpan Pramoj
Director,
Bangkok Business Challenge
Sirasa
Kantaratanakul
Chief of Business
Development
Alexander Kaufman
Chief of Sustainability
Development
Operations
Ratchada
Sungkeetanon
Office Manager
Natsupang
Chovichien
Surasit
Sachdev
Tanachote
Vongsurbchart
Panassya
Singhavadhana
Assistant Manager
Surawat Promyotin
Director
Sarun Chumjinda
Sustainability
Development Project
Manager
Chayanin
Prasomsan
Koichi
Kanaboshi
Project CoordinatorEntrepreneurs in Residence Project Managers
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