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
Dr Chuwit Mitrchob
Deputy Director-General, Designated Areas for Sustainable Tourism Administration (DASTA)
Executive Board Member
Sharzede Salleh Askor
CEO, Sarawak Tourism Board
Executive Board Member
SanJeet
Director, DDP Publications Private Limited
Executive Board Member
Mayur Patel
Head of Asia, OAG
Executive Board Member
Alexander Rayner
CEO, SmartData.travel Limited trading (Tourism Cyber Centre)
Executive Board Member
Raki Phillips
CEO, Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority (RAKTDA)
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
Macau International Airport Company Ltd.
Eric Fong, Marketing Director
Maldives Marketing & PR Corporationu
Ibrahim Shiuree, CEO and Managing Director
MasterCard Asia/Pacific Pte. Ltd.
Xin Mok, Director, Public Sector
Ministry of Tourism, Government of India
V Vidyavathi, Secretary of Tourism
OAG
Mayur Patel, Head of Asia
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
Suzy Su Thiri Maung, Chairperson
Sarawak Tourism Board
Sharzede Salleh Askor, CEO
Soaltee Hotel Limited
Dinesh Bista – Executive Chairman
Taiwan Tourism Administration
Dr Yung-Hui (Joe) Chou, Director-General
Thailand Convention & Exhibition Bureau (TCEB)
Chiruit Isarangkun Na Ayunthaya, President
Tourism Authority of Thailand
Thapanee Kiatphaibool, Governor
Tripadvisor
Fabrizio Orlando, Global Industry Relations Director
Venture Travel (Temple Tiger) Nepal
Rita Pradhan, CEO
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)
Dr. Chuwit Mitrchob, Deputy Director-General
DDP Publications Private Limited
SanJeet, Director
Hong Kong Tourism Board
Erica Wong, Head of Strategic Planning & Insights
Guilin Tang Dynasty Tours Co., Ltd
Michael Zhou, President
Korea Tourism Organization
Yuhyean Jang, International Cooperation Team
JTB Tourism Research & Consulting Co.
Shuichi Kameyama – Chief Consultant
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
Albert Yip, Director General
Supervisory Board - Finance & Elections
Gerald Perez
Vice President, Guam Visitors Bureau
Watana Limnararat
Managing Director, Pacific Leisure (Thailand) Limited
Tunku Iskandar
Group President, World Express (Malaysia) Sdn Bhd
Vikram Madhok
Managing Director, Abercrombie & Kent India Pvt. Ltd.
Simon Lloyd
Dean – Hospitality Management and Business Administration, Dusit Thani College