Sawittree Rattanawong has over 15 years of hands on experience in the telecommunications, logistics, contact centre, insurance industries with multinational companies. She managed Teledirect Telecommerce, a leading provider of customized solutions in telecommerce and telecommuting in Asia. The company serves companies in the financial, IT and telecommunication sectors and specializes in generating high sales growth, improving call centre performance and developing profit generating customer service. Under her management, the company grew by 30 percent from 2006 to 2007 and increased its telesales force from 250 to 300 seats. Followed Teledirect Sawittree joined CIGNA Insurance in managing its Account Relationship and Business Development. She left CIGNA in 2009.

Sawittree has a Master of Arts in Linguistics from Mahidol University with a post graduate diploma from the Asia Pacific Management Cooperative Program from Capilano College, Vancouver, Canada, Sawittree has previously worked for Hutchison CAT Wireless Multimedia Limited as an assistant vice president for Business Partnership Management. She has also held other regional sales and project management positions with companies in the US and Hong Kong.