From: AustralianAlumni <Australi...@onefireplace.org>
Subject: AustralianAlumni official launch: cocktail reception and leadership panel discussion
To: "Somjade Kongrawd" <kong...@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Monday, 12 March, 2012, 8:31
To: All alumni of Australian Universities.
Re: Invitation to AustralianAlumni official launch cocktail reception and leadership panel discussion.
To officially launch the AustralianAlumni program, we are delighted to invite all alumni of Australian
universities to a panel discussion and cocktail reception at the Sukhothai hotel on Wednesday 21 March. For the panel discussion, four prominent Australian graduates will talk about their journeys to leadership positions and how their Australian education helped prepare them for leadership roles. A cocktail reception will follow the panel the discussion. One lucky Alumni will leave the launch event with a ticket to Australia courtesy of Singapore Airlines! (This is in addition to another ticket that will given to an alumni who has registered with the AustralianAlumni website).
There is no charge for this event but numbers are strictly limited and will be allocated on
first-come first-served basis.
Bookings are essential and can be made by clicking here (please note that you must first be registered with the AustralianAlumni website).
Event Details
Leadership Panel Discussion
Time: registration begins at 17.30. Panel discussion begins at 18.00 sharp.
Price: Free of Charge for Australian alumni registered with the AustralianAlumni website.
Location: The Sukhothai hotel, Bussabong Room 1&2, 13/3 South Sathorn Road
To book for the panel discussion and/or cocktail reception click here.
Guest Speakers:
Khun Pichai Chuensuksawadi– Editor-in-Chief of Post Publishing Plc.
M.L. Kathathong Thongyai – Director of the Office of Product Value Promotion and the Department of International Trade Promotion at the Ministry of Commerce
Dr Sirikorn Maneerin – MD and owner of Keeree waree Seaside Villa & Spa. Former Deputy Minister of Education, Former President – Thailand Knowledge Park.
Mr John Hancock - Board Member, Australia-Thai Institute (ATI)
Cocktail Reception
Time: 19.00 - 21.00. Address by the Australian Ambassador to the Kingdom of Thailand, HE James Wise, at 19.45 followed by announcement of the winners of tickets to Australia with Singapore Airlines!
Price: Free of Charge for Australian Alumni registered with the AustralianAlumni website.
Location: The Sukhothai hotel, 'Colannade', 13/3 South Sathorn Road
Thanks to our SponsorsAustralianAlumni sincerely thanks Singapore Airlines and The Sukhothai hotel
for their generous support of this event.
Extended Profiles of Guest Speakers
Khun Pichai Chuensuksawadi– Editor-in-Chief of Post Publishing Plc.
University of Queensland- Bachelor of Arts (majoring in journalism) / James Cook University – Bachelor of Arts (Politics of Southeast Asia)
Khun Pichai Chuensuksawadi has been Editor-in-Chief of The Post Publishing Public Company Limited in Bangkok, Thailand since 2002; taking overall charge of the Bangkok Post and Post Today newspapers and their websites. Before that, he was Editor of the Bangkok Post, from 1994 until 2002. From 1984 to 1994, he held a number of other positions at the newspaper, including: Perspectives Editor, News Editor (local news), Foreign Affairs reporter, Writer and Copy Editor among others. During 1993-1994, he was Special Assistant to the Secretary General of Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Dato' Ajit Singh in Jakarta, Indonesia. He is also a Member of the IFRA Asia Committee, Chairman of the Bangkok Post Provident Fund, Chairman of the Bangkok Post Foundation and Vice Chairman of the Phud Hong Leper Foundation. He was a Member of the Press Council of Thailand from
1998 until 2002.
M.L. Kathathong Thongyai –Director of the Office of Product Value Promotion, Department of International Trade Promotion at the Ministry of Commerce
University of Canberra - Bachelor of Industrial Design and Bachelor of Environmental Design
M.L. Kathathong has lived in Australia for 15 years from primary school to university. Now a senior official with the Department of International Trade Promotion, he identifies Australia as a very good market for Thai exports. The former captain of the national cricket team remains a popular celebrity model and presenter. M.L. Kathanthong is married to private banker with Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore, ML Kwankamol Thongyai, and has two daughters, both currently studying in Australia.
Dr Sirikorn Maneerin – MD and owner of Keeree waree Seaside Villa & Spa. Former Deputy Minister of Education, Former President – Thailand Knowledge Park
Colombo Plan Graduate of University of Sydney
Mr John Hancock - Board Member, Australia-Thai Institute (ATI)
Bachelor of Law - University of Adelaide
John is from Adelaide, South Australia. Law Degree from the University of Adelaide and worked as lawyer for 35 years – 25 years as Partner of Baker & McKenzie in Thailand, Hong Kong, New York and Singapore. He is now Honorary Chairman of the Bangkok Office. John served on the Board of Directors of several Thai Public Companies including Siam Commercial Bank, Serm Suk, Indorama and EGCO. Advisor to the Thailand Board of Trade, Director of Colliers Thailand and Chairman of John W. Hancock & Associates, which provides commercial advisory and corporate governance services.
Committed long time promoter of Thai-Australian relationships and the importance of alumni since 1970 via role as former Committee member and now Honorary Advisor to the Thai Australian Association (TAA), founding member of the Australian Businessmen's Luncheon Group, which became the Australian Thai Chamber of Commerce (AustCham), Committee Member and 2 time President of AustCham and now Honorary Member, Advisor to the Australian Thai Business Council (ATBC), Member of the Advisory Board of the Australian Studies Center (ASC) at Thammasat University, Member of the DFAT Australia Thailand Institute(ATI) and proponent of its funding for ASC, & AustCham/TAA Alumni development activities; and Member of the Alumni Advisory Committee, University of Adelaide.
AustralianAlumni is supported by the Commonwealth of Australia through the Australia-Thailand Institute.
