HOT Magazine August 15, 2015 | Page 31

Personal profiles: Joachim is a German national and has a long career as an international corporate finance banker. Joachim said that he feels blessed as he spent a great part of his career and life outside of Germany in metropolitan cities like London, Amsterdam, New York, Sydney and Hong Kong. These job assignments provided him with the opportunity to learn about different cultures, lifestyles and trends that he now can capitalize on when serving the international community of Hua Hin. Joachim also said that with each move to a new home he had to newly assort his furniture which is probably the reason why he developed a strong personal interest in furniture arrangements. Matt on the other hand is a Thai national and started off as a banker. After a few years in the job he however decided to quit his job to go to Sydney to improve his English skills and to study marketing and tourism. As fate willed, it was in Sydney where Matt and Joachim met and became friends. And when Matt told Joachim of his dream to exploit in interior design Joachim encouraged Matt to join him on his next assignment to Hong Kong where he joined renowned Raffles Design Institute of Singapore to complete a 2 1/2-year study in interior design. And so it happened and Matt was awarded the Advanced Diploma by the RCHE of Singapore. He then started an internship with Hansar Hotel in Bangkok where he was part of the internal design team and participated in several renovation projects. August 15 - September 15 , 2015 31