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Bangkok Post, Thailand, Nikhil B. Srinivasan Column.
Byline: Nikhil B. Srinivasan
Apr. 4--On occasion, this column deviates from economics and markets and addresses individual ambition and achievement. A couple of months ago, I wrote about a group of students who qualified for a global business case study competition. Last week, those students from Chulalongkorn University's BBA programme placed third in the competition held in New Zealand besting teams from around the world.
I hope readers find today's column no less interesting. It is about Douglas Cairns, a former Bangkok-based fund manager, who intends to fly around the world in 90 days in a light twin-engine aircraft to raise awareness and money for diabetes research.
Douglas arrived in Thailand in 1996 with Schroders, the British asset management company, and set up Nakornthon Schroder Asset Management. Having worked in London as a ...
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