Vale Golf Nuntawat Chaipornkaew
Highly respected and awarded Thai creative director Nantawat “Golf” Chaipornkaew died tragically yesterday in Bangkok. Golf was only 41 years old and his death has left the Thai advertising industry saddened and in shock.
Golf was a well travelled and awarded Thai creative who moved back to Thailand in 2013 to re-join Saatchi & Saatchi Thailand after an illustrious global career at BBH London & Singapore, JWT Tokyo, Jung von Matt Hamburg, Walker Zurich and Ogilvy Shanghai.
Golf left his role as chief creative officer of Saatchi & Saatchi in 2017 to set up his own agency and tech based company, NAWIN Consultant.
Golf was highly awarded having won Gold at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, and also won various awards at Spikes Asia, D&AD, Clio, Adfest, Eurobest, ADC, and Epica. He has also served as a judge at many award shows, including in 2016 at the London International Awards judging in Las Vegas.
Our thoughts and condolences are with his family and friends and the whole Thai Advertising community.
11 Comments
RIP Golf
So so so sad… RIP Golf 🙏🏻
RIP Golf
Sad news… RIP Golf
Deeply, deeply sad.
Very sorry to hear that. Go well, Golf.
Really sad news. A truly lovely man.
My dear friend and creative partner, you are leaving a huge gap in my heart and the world. Thank you for being such a wonderful and inspiring force in my life. I will miss you dearly.
That’s such a pit. I’ve worked with Golf in Germany and he was a great colleague and friend, not to mention a very weirdly awesome creative mind. As he would say, “love you long time” my friend Golf! You will be missed,
His influence will live on in the hearts of creatives. RIP K.Golf 🙏
RIP Golf, one of the nicest people the world ever met. 🙏🏼