The Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA), founded in 1951 and based in Bangkok since 1998, seeks to recruit a Chief Operating Officer (COO) to support its "next generation" business building activities for its 700+ public & private corporate members across 17 time zones. The COO will be based at PATA's operational headquarters in Bangkok supporting the CEO and coordinating research priorities, event delivery and aligned advocacy activities with 30+ staff and 40 Chapters.

The candidate's preferred attributes should include:

  • Focus on delivering innovative and timely outcomes
  • Relevant senior management experience with strong strategic planning, prudent financial, budgeting and analytical skills 3
  • Demonstrated experience in building and leading teams
  • Familiarity with the not-for-profit corporate environmentand association management
  • Remuneration will be commensurate with experience.

Closing date for applications is noon ICT (local Bangkok time) Friday, October 11, 2013.

Interested candidates are asked to submit applications to [email protected].

About PATA

Founded in 1951, the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) is a not-for-profit membership association that acts as a catalyst for the responsible development of travel and tourism to, from and within the Asia Pacific region. The Association provides aligned advocacy, insightful research and innovative events to its member organisations, which including government, state and city tourism bodies; international airlines and airports; hospitality organisations, and educational institutions, as well as thousands of young tourism professional (YTP) members across the world. The PATA network also embraces the grassroots activism the PATA Chapters and Student Chapters, who organise numerous travel industry training programmes and business development events across the world. Thousands of travel professionals belong to the 32 local PATA Chapters worldwide, while hundreds of students are members of the 28 PATA Student Chapters globally. The PATAmPOWER platform delivers unrivalled data, forecasts and insights from the PATA Strategic Intelligence Centre to members' desktops and mobile devices anywhere in the world. PATA's Head Office has been in Bangkok since 1998. The Association also has official offices or representation in Beijing and London. Visit www.PATA.org.