Executive Board & Board Members
Executive Board
PATA Chair
Peter Semone
President & Founder, Destination Human Capital Limited
Vice Chair
Suman Pandey
President, Explore Himalaya Travel & Adventure
Secretary/ Treasurer
Luzi Matzig
Chairman, Asian Trails Ltd.
Executive Board Member
Ben Montgomery
Corporate Ambassador, Centara Hotels & Resorts
Executive Board Member
Henry Oh
Chairman, Global Tour Ltd.
Executive Board Member
Alexander Rayner
CEO, SmartData.travel Limited trading (Tourism Cyber Centre)
Executive Board Member
Bill Calderwood
Managing Director, The Ayre Group Consulting
Executive Board Member
Dr Chuwit Mitrchob
Deputy Director-General, Designated Areas for Sustainable Tourism Administration (DASTA)
Executive Board Member
Dr Sharzede Salleh Askor
CEO, Sarawak Tourism Board
Executive Board Member
SanJeet
Director, DDP Publications Private Limited
Executive Board Member
Mayur Patel
Commercial and Industry Affairs Leader, Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa, OAG
Ex-Officio
Noor Ahmad Hamid
CEO, PATA
PATA Ambassador
PATA Ambassador for Greater China
Soon-Hwa Wong
CEO, AsiaChina Pte Ltd.
PATA Board Members
Amadeus Asia Limited
Jackson Pek, Senior Vice President & Group General Counsel
Asian Trails Ltd.
Luzi Matzig, Chairman
Booking.com B.V
Yang Li, Head of Public Affairs, APAC
Capilano University
Cheryl Hurlbut, Convenor/ Instructor
Destination Human Capital Ltd.
Peter Semone, President & Founder
Dusit Thani College
Simon Llyod, Dean - International Programs
Explore Himalaya Travel & Adventure
Suman Pandey, Group Chairman
Global Tour Ltd.
Henry Oh, Chairman
Hotel ICON
Ha Yeon (Jane) Park, Assistant Manager - F&B Revenue Management & Operations
Jetwing Hotels Ltd.
Dmitri Cooray, Managing Director
JTB Tourism Research & Consulting Co.
Shuichi Kameyama, Chief Consultant
Korea Tourism Organization
Sunghyeuck Park, CEO
Macau International Airport Company Ltd.
Eric Fong, Marketing Director
Visit Maldives Corporation
Ibrahim Shiuree, CEO and Managing Director
OAG
Mayur Patel, Commercial and Industry Affairs Leader, Asia Pacific, Middle East and Africa, OAG
Pacific Leisure (Thailand) Limited
Watana Limnararat, Managing Director
Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA)
Noor Ahmad Hamid, CEO
PATA Hawaii Chapter
Jennifer Chun, Chairperson
PATA Thailand Bangkok University Student Chapter
Aung Zwe (Benciel) Wint, Chairperson
Sarawak Tourism Board
Dr Sharzede Salleh Askor, CEO
Tripadvisor
Fabrizio Orlando, Global Industry Relations Director
Venture Travel (Temple Tiger) Nepal
Brajesh Raj Mishra, Director
Visa Worldwide Pte. Ltd.
Ciyi Lim, Head of Cross-Border, Asia Pacific
Wakayama University
Dr Kumi Kato, Professor
Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts
Dileep Mudadeniya, Senior Vice President Global Alliances & Partnerships, Leisure and Head of Corporate Affairs
Centara Hotels & Resorts
Ben Montgomery, Corporate Ambassador
Designated Areas for Sustainable Tourism Administration (DASTA)
Siripakorn Cheawsamoot, Director-General
DDP Publications Private Limited
SanJeet, Director
Hong Kong Tourism Board
Anthony Lau, Executive Director
Guilin Tang Dynasty Tours Co., Ltd
Michael Zhou, President
Ministry of Tourism, Government of India
Dr. Srivatsa Krishna, IAS, Secretary of Tourism
MasterCard Asia/Pacific Pte. Ltd.
Xin Mok, Director, Public Sector
PATA Philippines Chapter
Maria Paz Alberto, Chairperson
PATA India Chapter
Vikram Madhok, Vice Chairman
Saudi Tourism Authority
Alhasan Aldabbagh, President - APAC Market
Sanya Tourism Board
Hao Zhang, Vice Director
Taiwan Tourism Administration
Yu-Hsiu Chen, Director-General
Soaltee Hotel Limited
Dinesh Bista, Executive Chairman
Tourism Authority of Thailand
Thapanee Kiatphaibool, Governor
Thailand Convention & Exhibition Bureau (TCEB)
Supawan Teerarat, President
Supervisory Board - Finance & Elections
Chairperson
Watana Limnararat
Managing Director, Pacific Leisure (Thailand) Limited
Tunku Iskandar
Group President, Mitra Malaysia Sdn. Bhd
Gerald Perez
Vice President, Guam Visitors Bureau
Vikram Madhok
Managing Director, Abercrombie & Kent India Pvt. Ltd.
Simon Lloyd
Dean – Hospitality Management and Business Administration, Dusit Thani College