Chulayuth (Tan) Lochotinan
Chulayuth (Tan) Lochotinan, Partner and Head of Capco Thailand, explains how his consulting experience, love of music, and the Capco culture have combined to inspire his style of leadership.
Tan Lochotinan has a passion for leading large-scale creative projects. In addition to managing Capco’s business in Thailand, he is a seasoned conductor of numerous symphony orchestras, where he says his role is to set out a strong vision and then inspire the orchestra to deliver by expressing their creative freedom.
Tan also applies this collaborative approach to working with clients on digital transformation projects. “The key word is co-creating,” he says. “We work as one team with the client to co-create the vision, and then stretch together to deliver their ambitions.” That can involve working closely with clients to review complex problems before breaking these down into solvable elements.
Capco Thailand is growing fast in terms of headcount, new business opportunities and the complexity of the challenges it can help clients address. “It’s an exciting time to be in Capco Thailand because we have big ambitions,” says Tan. “Our five-year goal is to become the consulting partner of choice to Thailand’s financial institutions, providing end-to-end innovative digital and data solutions.”
Tan also applies this collaborative approach to working with clients on digital transformation projects. “The key word is co-creating,” he says. “We work as one team with the client to co-create the vision, and then stretch together to deliver their ambitions.” That can involve working closely with clients to review complex problems before breaking these down into solvable elements.
Capco Thailand is growing fast in terms of headcount, new business opportunities and the complexity of the challenges it can help clients address. “It’s an exciting time to be in Capco Thailand because we have big ambitions,” says Tan. “Our five-year goal is to become the consulting partner of choice to Thailand’s financial institutions, providing end-to-end innovative digital and data solutions.”
Nurturing a growing team brings responsibilities. All new joiners are assigned a coach, and Tan uses #Be Yourself at Work – a key part of the the global Capco culture that opens new freedoms of self-expression in the workplace – to create a fun, inclusive work environment. “Just like forming a new squad from footballers with great individual skills,” says Tan, “we build team cohesion and then co-create tailored agile project management environments together with our clients.”
A key strength of Capco Thailand is that it combines local execution by the Thai-speaking team with Capco’s global expertise and perspective. “That combination is helping the team to challenge and add value to our clients”, says Tan.
When he needs inspiration, Tan returns to his music and his other great passion, giving back to society. “I formed the Bangkok Charity Orchestra (BCO) to raise funds for charities,” he says, “Last year, we organized our first post-Covid charity concert to help the 100-year-old Wattonson School in Pechaburi to transform an old classroom into a state-of-the-art computer room, giving 300 students an environment fit for the future.”
His key takeaway from this and recent Capco projects? “When creative people work together with the right vision,” says Tan, “there really is no limit to the good you can do or the transformations you can accomplish, even under the tightest constraints.”
A key strength of Capco Thailand is that it combines local execution by the Thai-speaking team with Capco’s global expertise and perspective. “That combination is helping the team to challenge and add value to our clients”, says Tan.
When he needs inspiration, Tan returns to his music and his other great passion, giving back to society. “I formed the Bangkok Charity Orchestra (BCO) to raise funds for charities,” he says, “Last year, we organized our first post-Covid charity concert to help the 100-year-old Wattonson School in Pechaburi to transform an old classroom into a state-of-the-art computer room, giving 300 students an environment fit for the future.”
His key takeaway from this and recent Capco projects? “When creative people work together with the right vision,” says Tan, “there really is no limit to the good you can do or the transformations you can accomplish, even under the tightest constraints.”
