HUA HIN
EXECUTIVE
PROFILE
What is your full name and age?
Brian Anderson 51 years old.
What is your current Job Position?
Sustainable Development Manager at
Chiva-Som International Health Resorts
Co., Ltd.
How long have you lived in Hua Hin or
been coming to Hua Hin?
I have lived in Hua Hin since 2002.
What did you know about Hua Hin
before you moved here?
I just happened upon it in 1999 for an
overnight stop on the way to Koh Samui.
I didn’t know anything about Hua Hin,
but I do remember it was much less
developed at that time. When I look at
it now, I think ‘wow, what’s going on?’
Now there is so much and so much to
do, you can get almost everything here. I
remember many years ago I had to go all
the way to Petchaburi to buy a television
and computer.
What do you like most about your
profession? Chiva-Som is a luxury health
resort and the employees here are great,
which makes getting things done easier
with a lot of support. Otherwise, I am
responsible for reducing the resort’s
ecological footprint by implementing
energy-saving technologies, natural
resource practices and waste reduction
initiatives to decrease carbon emissions
and operating costs. We have a collective
focus on the Quadruple Bottom Line
where the outcomes directly benefit the
value chain and help to ensure sustainable
business success through an integrative
CSR framework. It’s also good to be part
of the Preserve Hua Hin Group, which
was founded by Chiva-Som in 2004
to raise awareness on environmental
preservation and promote community
interaction and engagement. We are
currently developing MEPSEC Hua Hin
(Mangrove Ecosystem Preservation &
Science Education Center) in the last
remaining urban mangrove in Hua Hin.
It is a collaboration with the scientists,
academics and students of Silpakorn
University, partnering Corporate Social
Responsibility with University Social
Responsibility. MEPSEC Hua Hin will be
open to the general public late in 2015.
What do you like the least about your
profession? I would say that there’s so
much to do in such little time. Another
annoyance in the hospitality sector of
the travel and tourism industry is all
the waste that is generated. Solid waste
materials mostly from packaging, waste
water, waste energy and waste food. All
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businesses produce a lot of waste but we
are doing what we can to minimize the
amount sent to landfill.
What do you like most about Hua Hin?
Living in a small town near the sea is great
but I believe the most appealing aspect
is the multicultural community with so
many activities and events going on.
Unfortunately there are not enough days
in the week to join all of them. We have a
lot of friends here so there’s never a dull
moment. Hua Hin offers so many social
opportunities so there’s always something
to look forward to.
What is your favorite Restaurant locally
and why? My first choice would be La
Grappa, not only for the fine dining
experience, but I like the proprietors Peter
and Nee Kirketerp. I like Lizzy, too, so
maybe she should open a restaurant.
What do you like to do in your free time
and why? I don’t like to do anything in
my free time, that is if I get any free time.
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