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Fractional COO in Bangkok

A fractional COO is usually bought at the point where a founder has become the bottleneck. Everything routes through one person, decisions queue behind them, and the fix is not more effort but structure — process, ownership, and a management rhythm that runs without heroics.

Severance runs to 400 days of uncapped wages while employer social cost is capped at THB 10,500 a year. A bad executive hire is cheap to carry and ruinous to exit.

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What they deliver

  • Operating rhythm — the weekly, monthly and quarterly management cadence
  • Process mapping and removal of the steps that only exist by accident
  • Org design, role clarity and decision rights
  • Supply chain, fulfilment and service delivery performance
  • Systems selection and implementation oversight
  • Post-acquisition or post-funding integration

Signals you need one

  • The founder is the bottleneck and everyone knows it
  • Headcount has grown faster than structure
  • The same problems recur every month and nobody owns the fix
  • You have just raised or acquired and need to integrate
  • Quality or delivery is slipping as volume rises

The Bangkok numbers

Fractional, per monthTHB 120,000–350,000/month (USD 3,700–10,700), typically THB 150,000–250,000 at two days a week. Advisory-only mandates — a monthly board pack and a call — run THB 50,000–90,000.
Full-time, all-inBase THB 250,000–450,000/month for a Bangkok CFO or COO. All-in with 13th month, bonus, medical and car allowance: THB 4.5m–8.0m a year, roughly USD 138,000–245,000.
Employer on-costsSocial Security Fund 5% employer, but the contribution base is capped at THB 15,000/month — a maximum of THB 875/month, or THB 10,500 a year, per employee. Workmen’s Compensation adds 0.2–1.0% on a capped base. At CFO salaries the employer load is effectively nil.
SeveranceLabour Protection Act s.118: 30 days’ wages at 120 days’ service, 90 at one year, 180 at three, 240 at six, 300 at ten, and 400 days — about 13.3 months — at twenty years. No wage cap. Payment in lieu of notice on top, and restructuring terminations can reach 360 days.
Work permitsA foreign executive physically working in Thailand needs a Non-Immigrant B visa and a work permit, backed by THB 2m of registered capital and four Thai employees per foreigner. The practical structures are an offshore company-to-company consultancy delivered from outside Thailand (15% withholding, reducible by treaty), an LTR or SMART visa, or the fifteen-day notification for discrete on-site work.

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What governs this in Thailand

Foreign Business Act B.E. 2542

A company more than 49% foreign-held is a "foreigner". List 3 item 21 captures consulting, so a foreign-owned advisory entity billing a Thai client from inside Thailand needs a Foreign Business Licence. Nominee shareholding is criminal — up to three years and THB 1m.

BOI promotion

Exempts from FBA licensing and eases work permits, but since 1 October 2025 imposes minimum salaries: THB 150,000/month for executives, THB 75,000 for managers, plus a 70% Thai-staff rule for larger manufacturers.

International Business Centre (IBC)

Corporate tax of 8%, 5% or 3% depending on local spend, THB 10m paid-up capital and ten skilled employees. Expatriate employees get a flat 15% personal income tax instead of the 35% top rate.

Mandatory statutory audit

Every Thai limited company must file audited financial statements regardless of size or dormancy. Directors are personally liable for fines, and three consecutive years of non-filing triggers strike-off. Even five-person firms already buy external finance expertise.

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