October 18, 2015 – Bangkok: Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration of Chulalongkorn University is proud to announce that our MBA student team, Team “Sam Zaa Pa Plern”, has earned a place in the Grand Finals of the Unilever Future Leaders League in London, United Kingdom in March 2016.

Unilever Future Leaders’ League (UFFL) competition is organized by the consumer goods giant, Unilever, to allow students to compete by working with real brands and real cases alongside Unilever executives.  Sasin’s team, “Sam Zaa Pa Plearn”, is to represent Thailand in the Grand Finals of the UFFL in London, where future marketers from 30 countries will come to compete as well as exchange ideas with world class marketing professionals.  The challenge in London this year will be the launching of the Connetto brand, making it an ‘idol brand’ for youngsters, and attaining 2 billion viral views in the process.

Sasin’s “Sam Zaa Pa Plearn” team comprises: Chanon Piyasoonthorn (MBA2015), Papop Koykaewpring (MBA2015), Jidapa Ngamachariyakul (MBA2015).  Team Bao, consisting of Achima Kuntanarumitkul (MBA2014), Witchawat Burapavong (MBA2014), and Ekapong Supavivath (MBA2014), was the 2nd runner up in this competition.  

In this year’s finals, four teams from Sasin competed against one another and against other Thai student teams from Mahidol, ABAC, and Exeter. The other two teams from Sasin, reaching the finals round in the UFLL (Thailand) competition this year are Team Double Coated Armor, comprising of Itchaya Goaysomboon (MBA2015), Sravit Mothaniyachat (MBA2015), and Natthawut Jintarasamee (MBA2015) and Team Smooth Operator, comprising of Maythas Mahasiri (MBA2015), Pongsakorn Manomai-Udom (MBA2015), and Yutika Sthavornmanee (MBA2015).