TIM DEAN-SMITH

• NAME: TIM DEAN-SMITH

• AGE: YOUTHFUL 53 (LOL)

• BORN: ENGLAND

• NICKNAME: SCHMIDT (TO THE HERMANS)
(THANK YOU STIG)
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• PROFESSION: HOTEL & REAL ESTATE DEVELOPER, TECHNOLOGY INVESTOR COMPANY BEACH REPUBLIC GROUP

• WHAT DOES YOUR COMPANY DO: DEVELOPED AND NOW MANAGING BEACH REPUBLIC KOH SAMUI, HEALTH REPUBLIC KOH SAMUI, AZUR SAMUI, AND WORK LOFT SILOM (COWORK SPACE & SERVICED OFFICES)

• WHAT ELSE: EXPANDING U SAY SYSTEMS, ASIA'S LEADING VOICE OF CUSTOMER PLATFORM. WORKING ON BEACH REPUBLIC, ELEUTHERA ISLAND, BAHAMAS

• PERSONAL MOTTOS: "FORTI NIHIL DIFFICILE" & "ILLEGITIMI NON CARBORUNDUM"

• EDUCATION: RUGBY SCHOOL. KING'S COLLEGE LONDON - LLB HONS. LONDON BUSINESS SCHOOL & HAAS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS MBA

• FAMILY: ONE WIFE AND ONE DAUGHTER

• WHERE DO YOU LIVE: KOH SAMUI, BANGKOK, SUVARNABHUMI AIRPORT

• HOW LONG IN THAILAND: 14 YEARS RESIDENT WHAT BROUGHT YOU HERE COLONIC IRRIGATION IN KOH SAMUI, 1997 (REALLY)

• BEFORE THAILAND: MOSTLY LONDON, SOME TIME IN SAN FRANCISCO AND MONACO

• DESCRIBE YOURSELF: WORDS FAIL ME

• SPECIAL TALENTS: HMMM

• LIFE HIGHLIGHTS: COMPLETING THE HONG KONG
- BEIJING RALLY, BACK IN 1987. TAKING MY FIRST IPO TO THE STOCK MARKET IN THE UK IN FEWER THAN 60 DAYS IN YEAR 2000

• HIGH POINT IN THAILAND: PLANNING AND OPENING BEACH REPUBLIC

• LOW POINT IN THAILAND: REALISING THAT RUNNING A HOTEL AND BEACH CLUB IS ACTUALLY VERY HARD WORK

• MAGIC MOMENTS: MY WIFE'S LAW GRADUATION DAY. FAMILY TIME WHEN WE GET OUR RARE BREAKS

• ANYTHING ELSE: THAILAND ELITE EASES FOREIGN TRAVEL HUGELY - SUPERB IDEA

• IF YOU COULD CHANGE ONE THING ABOUT YOURSELF, WHAT WOULD IT BE: RETURN TO MY WEIGHT OF 20 YEARS AGO!

• BEST FRIEND: MY WIFE

• BEST EXPERIENCE IN THAILAND: MOVING HERE WORST EXPERIENCE IN THAILAND CROOKED EXPAT FARANGS ONE SOMETIMES ENCOUNTERS

• MOST INTERESTING PERSON YOU’VE MET HERE: I HAVE MET DOZENS OF AMAZINGLY INTERESTING AND COLOURFUL CHARACTERS IN THAILAND. BUT MALCOLM SCHAVERIEN (A.K.A. HARLAN WOLFF), THE AUTHOR OF THE EXCELLENT CRIME NOVEL ‘BANGKOK RULES’, COMES TO MIND

• BIGGEST BORE: NAMES OMITTED TO PROTECT THE GUILTY

• MOST OVERRATED ACTIVITY IN THAILAND: EATING SOM TAM

• PHUKETS VS SAMUI: NOLO CONTENDERE - SAMUI WINS BY A FIRST ROUND KNOCKOUT

• PATTAYA VS HUA HIN: SIN CITY VS. LULLABY CITY

• CHIANG MAI VS CHIANG RAI: IT'S GRIM UP NORTH

• YOUR FAVOURITE VACATION SPOT IN THAILAND: KOH YAO NOI

• ANY SECRET HIDEAWAYS: COASTAL ESCAPE, KOH YAO NOI

• BEST ADVICE YOU’VE EVER RECEIVED: DO ONE THING (NEVER HEEDED)

• WHERE DO YOU HANG OUT: WORK LOFT CAFÉ, INDIGO ON CONVENT, IL BOLOGNESE, NETFLIX

• FAVOURITE THAI DISH: KHAO SOI GAI

• LEAST FAVOURITE: ALL THE SMELLY STUFF THAT MOST FARANG'S CAN'T EAT

• OTHER THAN THAILAND, WHERE ELSE COULD YOU LIVE: ELEUTHERA ISLAND, BAHAMAS - MAYBE!