Board of Directors

Mr. Aswin Kongsiri has been Chairman since November 2010. In 2010, Mr. Kongsiri was appointed as a Governor of the Stock Exchange of Thailand. In November 2011, Mr. Kongsiri was appointed as a member of the in Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of Thailand and Director of Krungthai-Axa Life Insurance Co., Ltd. He serves as Chairman of Thai Orix Leasing Co., Ltd., Ch. Karnchang Plc., and Ton Poh Thailand Fund, Vice Chairman of Electricity Generating Plc., Director of Bangkok Aviation Fuel Services Plc., OHTL Plc. (Mandarin Oriental Hotel), Thai Reinsurance Plc., and Padaeng Industry Plc. Mr. Kongsiri holds a B.A. (Honours) in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from Oxford University, England. In 2001, he completed the Chairman 2000 Program (Class 5/2001) and the Directors Certification Program (DCP 11/2001) by the Thai Institute of Directors Association.

M.L. Chandchutha Chandratat joined in 2005 as the Managing Director, which has since changed to President & Chief Executive Officer. His professional experience began with Bank of America, where he served in San Francisco (U.S.A.), Hong Kong, and Bangkok from 1989 to 1994. He then joined Bangkok Bank Plc. from 1994 to 2000 and worked for J.P. Morgan, Hong Kong from 2000 to 2002. His final banking job was with Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Asia (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. from 2002 to 2005. He was appointed Chairman of Mermaid Maritime Plc. since January 2007 and Chairman of Unique Mining Services Pcl. since October 2009. He received his M.B.A. from the University of California at Berkeley in 1989 and his B.S. (magna cum laude) in Economics from the University of Minnesota in 1987. In 2006, he completed the Directors Certification Program (DCP 70/2006) by the Thai Institute of Directors Association.

Dr. Pichit Nithivasin serves as Managing Director of B.I.G Marketing Co., Ltd. and Bangkok Cogeneration Co., Ltd. He holds directorships at Huakee Paper Co., Ltd., HMC Polymers Co., Ltd., Polymers Marketing Co., Ltd., Rayong Olefins Co., Ltd., Thai MMA Co., Ltd., Basell Advance Polyolefins (Thailand) Co., Ltd., and Map Ta Phut Tank Terminal Co., Ltd. He also serves as President of Bangkok Industrial Gas Co., Ltd., Bangkok Synthetics Co., Ltd., and BST Elastomers Co., Ltd. and Chairman of Foamtec International Co., Ltd. Dr. Nithivasin holds a PhD in Operations Research, a M.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computers, a M.S. of Industrial Engineering, and a B. S. in Industrial Engineering, all from the University of California at Berkeley, USA. In 2003, he completed the Finance for Non-Finance Director Program (FN 4/2003) by the Thai Institute of Directors Association.

Mr. Peter Stokes is a Senior Adviser and Head of Shipping at Lazard and also serves as a non-executive director of Avance Gas Holding Ltd. and U-Sea Bulk Shipping A/S. His professional experiences include serving as the co-founder of and investment adviser to Castalia Partners Ltd. from 1992 to 1998, the founder and Managing Director of Maritime Consultants Ltd. from 1985 to 1998, and a co-founder and Director of Bulk Transport Ltd. from 1983 to 1985. He also served as the Head of Shipping and Insurance Research at Greig Middleton & Co. from 1979 to 1983 and a Business Editor at Lloyd’s List from 1974 to 1979.

Mr. Oral Wilson Dawe is founder and CEO of Dawe Holdings, with public markets trading and private equity interests in natural resources, real estate, biotech, and technology. He was the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Asia Pacific Commodities for J.P. Morgan during 2007 - 2010. Based in Singapore, he was responsible for all aspects of J.P. Morgan’s commodity business in the region and was also a member of JPMorgan’s AsiaPacific Investment Banking Management Committee. He was President of Goldman Sachs, Singapore from 2002- 2007 as well as co-head of Goldman’s AsiaPacific commodity business and immediately prior was Co-head of North American Commodity Sales based in New York from 1998-2001. From 1984-1996, Oral held finance and trading related positions in North American and Asian natural resource and banking related firms. He has also lectured on corporate finance and strategic planning.