(L to R) Sarah Daly, Socialfi Business Development
Manager; Matt Wales, Socialfi General Manager, Southeast Asia; and Scott
Finsten, Harbour Master at Ocean Marina Yacht Club.
Dr. Iain Corness
The gardens of the Amari Orchid Resort and Tower were the venue for the
final networking evening of the year for the combined Chambers of Commerce being
the Australian (AustCham), British (BCCT) and American (AmCham).
The event sponsor was ANCA Manufacturing, represented by the Country Director
Mark Tristram, and the venue sponsor was the Amari, represented by GM Brendan
Daly and the Chamber of Commerce sponsor was AustCham, represented by their
Executive Director Mark Carroll.
The venue is probably without peer (unless it rains) and the set-up in the
gardens lends itself to relaxed networking. The food being offered also has much
to do with the popularity of a venue, and the Amari’s Aussie Executive Chef
Leonard Faust once more provided a ‘bottler’ of a buffet (Australian expression
meaning ‘brilliant’), with the turkey and stuffing being appropriate for a
Christmas event. The refreshments were also free flow and the service staff made
sure no one was left thirsty!
(L to R) Angsumalin Pongtrakul,
Purchasing Manager for ANCA Manufacturing (Thailand) Ltd.; Thanapan Tungpodeang,
Manufacturing Operations Manager for ANCA Manufacturing (Thailand) Ltd.; Travis
Stapleton, ANCA Manufacturing (Thailand) Ltd.; and Rattapoom Jirakajorn, QC
Manager for ANCA Manufacturing (Thailand) Ltd.
The BCCT and AustCham members predominated, but once again
the turn-out from AmCham was disappointing. Perhaps our traffic, now just like
Bangkok’s, puts their members off the two hour (at minimum) trip down to
Pattaya.
AustCham’s Mark Carroll welcomed the joint chambers, and in an exclusive
interview with PMTV expressed confidence in the direction AustCham was heading,
with increased numbers of members and also that Thailand was capable of (once
more) rising above the current political problems. The other gentleman on the
podium was Mark Tristram (ANCA) who explained a little of the history of ANCA
and the machine tools field they are involved in here in Thailand.
Amongst the happy throng were BCCT director Chris Thatcher and Simon Matthews
(Manpower) in the besplattered shirt. Mark Butters from RSM was another regular.
A very welcome return visitor was David Cumming (ex-GM Amari Orchid) and another
Aussie who attends all networking was Scott Finsten the Harbor Master at Ocean
Marina.
(L to R) Frank Holzer from General
Motors, Ramesh Ramanathan, managing director of Visteon (Thailand) Limited,
George T. Strampp, Managing Partner of AMS, and Lawrence Fraser, from Ford
Motor.
The Automotive Focus Group (AFG) was represented by its
members George Strampp, Mike Diamente, and Frank Holzer.
Paul Marks, the Communications Director of the American School of Bangkok was
one waving the Stars and Stripes, while the “movers” included Kay Ellis from
Allied Pickfords and Sumalee Marasri from Asian Tigers Mobility.
It was an excellent networking event, and everyone involved in the planning and
production can pride themselves on a job well done!
The next event will be in January, and the Pattaya Mail will have the details.
(L to R) Fabien Legouic, Brendan
Daly, GM of Amari Orchid Pattaya, Rob Scarr, Business Development
Manager-Thailand for Securitas (Thailand) Co., Ltd.; and Fernamdo Iturbe.
(L to R) Stuart Saunders (Es
Design), Angie Turton (MD of Sentinel Enterprises) and Pratheep (Peter)
Malhotra (MD of the Pattaya Mail Media Group).
(L to R) Pimteera Rattanakupt, Asst
Sales Manager of Amari Orchid Pattaya, Weeraya Sakolchai, Sales Manager of Amari
Orchid Pattaya, Travis Stapleton, ANCA Manufacturing (Thailand) Ltd., and
Dueanpen Thongsombat, Assistant Director of Sales, Amari Orchid Pattaya.
(L to R) Alain Deurwaerder (MD
Ducati Thailand), Graham MacDonald, from MGMB, and James Howard, Oil Field
Equipment Services.
(L to R) Markus Wehrhahn, Managing
Director of RLC Recruitment Co., Ltd.; Fabien Legouic; Matthias Brienen from the
Larive Group; and Stephen Ley, representing RLC Recruitment Co., Ltd.
(L to R) Simon Matthews, Country
Manager Thailand Manpower Group toasts Christopher Thatcher from the BCCT.
(L to R) Brendan Daly, GM of Amari
Orchid Pattaya, and Richard Margo, Resident Manager Amari Orchid Pattaya.
(L to R) Manop Likuljoy, General
Manager of Albatross Logistics Co., Ltd.; and Sa-ard Khammon from Albatross
Logistics Co., Ltd.
(L to R) Mark Tristram from ANCA
Manufacturing (Thailand) Ltd., Michael Diamente representing Dana Spicer.
(L to R) David Cumming representing
ONYX, Mark Butters from RSM Advisory.
(L to R) Stefaan De Vos from Bayer
Thai chats with James Howard, representing Oil Field Equipment Services.
