Thian

 I’m a Master of Economics graduate from Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University with strong skills in Macroeconomics including Financial and International Economics. I have worked as an Economist with leading agencies and organizations including the Thailand Treasury Department, an asset management firm, and Master Builders Australia (MBA). One of my key skills is the ability to effectively explain complex economic concept to non-economist audiences such as clients and interns in order for them to make the most of the knowledge.

Availability: Everyday

Willing to travel: 30 miles

Experience: GRADUATE ECONOMIST INTERN
Master Builders Australia – Canberra, Australia
Jan 2018 – Mar 2018

Key Responsibilities:

 Preparing economic, construction, and housing data and charts as a reference for national policy manager to attend weekly internal meetings.
 Assisting national policy manager in summarizing draft bills of housing affordability policy for a meeting with the Treasury.
 Writing up meeting minutes with the Treasury on housing affordability policy.





Key Achievements:

 Forecasting report: Co-authored commentary of Australian economic backdrop and building and construction sector (6 states and 2 territories) for clients which are the construction firms in Master Builders Associations.
 Database development: devised building and construction industry excel database (6 states and 2 territories) for internal use as an analysis tool and for external use as an update for clients on current situation of the sector.

SENIOR ECONOMIST
Krung Thai Asset Management – Bangkok, Thailand
Dec 2014 – Feb 2016 (Left position to relocate to Australia and pursue Master of International and Development Economics at ANU)

Key Responsibilities:

 Providing weekly, monthly, and quarterly analysis of Thailand and global economic trends for internal use and external clients.
 Writing analysis on current economic situation and economic outlook of emerging markets (BRICs) for fund manager’s profitable and futuristic investment decisions.
 Delivering numerous oral and visual presentations, which non-economist audiences must be able to understand thoroughly to make decisions.
 Assisting the Chief Economist in updating Macroeconomic models as a tool for forecasting Thailand’s GDP and presenting the results to Investment Committees at quarterly meetings.
 Performing miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned such as researching economics areas pertinent to investments and explaining complex economics concept to interns.

Key Achievements:

 Equity Fund Management: Successfully assisted India equity establishment team to reach a targeted number of clients and purchases by communicating with sales and marketing team through presenting timely and accurate reports identifying opportunities and challenges of investing in India’s stock market.
 Risk Management: Informed fund manager using analysis report to liquidate stock investing in emerging markets prior to 30% plunge in 2015.