[7] In September 2016, Harald Link received an honorary doctorate in Business Administration from the Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi.
[10] Since 1998, Link is an independent board director of Siam Cement Group and True Corporation, and serves as the President of the South-east Asian Equestrian Federation.
[11][12] One of Link's main philanthropic projects is a German programme for science education called The Little Scientist House, now taught in more than 13,000 Thai schools.
[14][15] According to Thaizeit.de, for aiding the development of German-Thai trade and economic relations, he was awarded the Federal Cross of Merit First Class, which was given by Ambassador Dr. Hanns-Heinrich Schumacher.
[3] The couple married April 1981 and have two children, Felix and Caroline (both were born in Bangkok), the former serving as president of the group's real estate company.