{"id":11218,"date":"2022-07-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.koktailmagazine.com\/?p=11218"},"modified":"2022-07-28T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T00:00:00","slug":"koktail-conversation-episode-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.koktailmagazine.com\/th\/2022\/07\/28\/koktail-conversation-episode-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Koktail Conversations: Episode 8"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nigel Oakins sits down with the co-founder of Action for Diabetes, Charles Toomey<\/h3>\n<p><span dir=\"auto\">Koktail Conversations episode 8 features Bangkok-based entrepreneur and philanthropist Charles Toomey. Charles, on leaving school, served in the marines in an active duty role, before building a successful career in the medical supplies field across Asia-Pacific. Recently, he has embarked on investing in start-ups and mentoring young entrepreneurs in the medical sphere while also finding time to co-found Action for Diabetes, a foundation helping disadvantaged children in Southeast Asia with type 1 diabetes.<\/span><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Watch on YouTube:<\/h1>\n<p> <iframe width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ME4GwPOfefQ\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nigel Oakins sits down with the co-founder of Action for Diabetes, Charles Toomey Koktail Conversations episode 8 features Bangkok-based entrepreneur and philanthropist Charles Toomey. Charles, on leaving school, served in the marines in an active duty role, before building a successful career in the medical supplies field across Asia-Pacific. 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