General Manager, DDI Thailand
Suchada Chuensuksawadi is the general manager for DDI’s operations in Thailand.
As general manager, Suchada is responsible for growing DDI’s business in Thailand. She formulates the appropriate local business and marketing strategies that align with DDI’s global vision and strategy. She manages key accounts and provides consulting advice and solutions in the areas of selection, leadership development, succession management, and performance management. As part of DDI’s Asia management team, she contributes to the formulation of operational guidelines and practices.
Career Highlights
- Suchada has more than 20 years of experience in human resources, sales and marketing, and general management.
- Suchada joined DDI in 2003 as a business development director responsible for the sales and marketing of DDI’s solutions and services. She was promoted to her current role as general manager in Thailand in 2005.
- Suchada works with key accounts in Thailand to identify business goals and challenges, and she assists them in selecting and implementing appropriate DDI solutions such as designing and implementing comprehensive, large-scale talent management programs that included talent policy design, success profiling, identification of high potentials, assessment, mentoring, training, development planning, and executive development programs.
- Some of the key accounts Suchada has managed and provided consulting advice to include: PTT Group (PTT, PTT Exploration and Production, PTTEP Services, PTT Chemical, Thai Oil, IRPC), Siam City Cement (part of Holcim Group), Thoresen Thai Agencies, Office of the Civil Service Commission, Kasikornbank, Banpu, among others.
- Prior to joining DDI, she was an HR director; her responsibilities and experiences included formulating and implementing human resource strategies, selecting and developing managers and senior executives, and managing corporate restructuring and downsizing. As an executive with line responsibilities, she managed a sales and marketing team of 60 people and was responsible for achieving business results, managing the company’s products and solutions, and ensuring that all clients’ needs were met.
Education and Credentials
- M.B.A. in marketing from Assumption University, Bangkok, Thailand
- Bachelor’s degree in organizational psychology from University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia
- DDI-certified facilitator and program manager for Targeted Selection®
- DDI-certified facilitator for Skills for an Empowered Workforce (comprising DDI’s learning solutions for leadership, workforce effectiveness, and customer service)
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