The Connector Asia Team

Hakan has over 18 years of experience of living, studying and working in the ASEAN region. During this time he has worked extensively with international companies, providing them with research, feasibility studies and advice on all aspects of creating successful business within the ASEAN region.

 

The professional career of Hakan includes working with a Thai Stock Brokerage company, where he was instrumental in starting up the research department. Furthermore he initiated the company’s push to provide Thai financial instruments, mainly stocks and bonds, to European institutional investors.

 

Later, he left the company to start the independent research & business advisory company Connector Asia, together with two partners in early 1996. Hakan, acting as the managing director, has primarily been responsible for customer liaisons, the business development and strategic advisory services of Connector Asia.

 

He is one of only a handful of expatriates in Thailand that has graduated from a Directors’ Certification Program aimed at raising the level of Corporate Governance and General Business Practices within companies listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand.