Management Team

is the President & Chief Executive Officer of TTA. His biography appears in the section “Board of Directors”.

is the Executive Vice President, Transport. Prior to joining TTA, he was the Chief Executive of Zuellig Pharma, Korea from 2005 to 2007, General Manager of Metro Drug Inc., Philippines from 2003 to 2005, and Managing Director of American President Lines (“APL”), Indonesia from 2001 to 2003. Prior to this, Mr. Ames held various positions within APL in North America and Asia. Mr. Ames holds a B.A. in Political Science from Northwestern University, USA. He also completed executive education programs in Supply Chain Management Program from Stanford University in 1999 and The Advanced Management from INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France in 2005.

is the Executive Vice President, Infrastructure. He became a director of Unique Mining Services Plc. in January 2011. Prior to joining TTA, Mr. Chuensuksawadi worked for United Parcel Service (“UPS”) for 18 years. At UPS, he started in the position of Managing Director for Thailand and was subsequently promoted to be Managing Director for Malaysia, Thailand, and Indochina. In 2001, he was appointed as VP, Business Development for UPS Asia Pacific Region. His latest position at UPS was VP, Region Strategy & Retail, where he was responsible for developing UPS’ retail channels and providing strategic development recommendations for UPS entities in Asia. Mr. Chuensuksawadi received a B.A. in Psychology from University of Queensland, Australia in 1979. He also completed the International Executive Program on Management, Strategy and Operations from INSEAD in 2005.

is the Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy. He became a non-executive director of Mermaid Maritime Plc. in August 2011. He is also directors of other subsidiaries and associates, such as Soleado Holdings Pte. Ltd., Petrolift Inc., Merton Group (Cyprus) Limited, and Qing Mei Pte. Ltd. His professional experiences include serving as a Director at Aspire Pacific Ltd., Hong Kong, an advisory firm specialising in strategic consultancy, business development, and private equity since 2004, and as an executive at JP Morgan in New York, Hong Kong, and Thailand from 1992 to 2004. Prior to his years at JP Morgan, Mr. Crane held business development positions for United Technologies, Singapore and Unico (Japan), based in Shanghai. A graduate of the Lauder Institute at University of Pennsylvania, he earned a M.B.A., Finance from the Wharton School, and M.A., International Studies, University of Pennsylvania in 1990, and a B.A. in International Relations from Pomona College in 1983.

is the Executive Vice President, Corporate Business Services. Prior to joining TTA, he was the Managing Director of Pacific Internet (Thailand) Limited from 2000 to 2007. He was also the Country Director in Thailand for MasterCard International. He received a M.B.A. from the University of Maryland, U.S.A. in 1987, and a B.S. from George Mason University, U.S.A. in 1981. In 2004, he completed the Directors Certification Program (DCP 40/2004) by the Thai Institute of Directors Association.

is the Executive Vice President, Corporate Risk, Internal Audit, and Compliance. Ms. Pluemsomran worked for the Dow Chemical Company for 19 years. She started as Country Controller and Corporate Secretary for all Siam Cement-Dow joint venture companies in Thailand. In 2002, she was promoted to Senior Corporate Audit Manager, leading the audit teams in performing internal audits on a global basis from Dow’s head office in Michigan. Her last position was Country Manager - Indonesia. Ms. Pluemsomran received a M.B.A. from Chulalongkorn University in 1977 and a B.S. in Management and Accounting from Woodbury University, USA in 1975.

is the Executive Vice President, Corporate Finance and Accounting. She became a director of Unique Mining Services Plc. in October 2009. Prior to TTA, she was the Head of Equity Investment Division at Siam Commercial Bank Public Company Limited (“SCB”). She served as Group Chief Financial Officer at GMM Grammy Public Company Limited from 2003 to 2006 and also held similar positions with KGI Securities (Thailand) Public Company Limited, The East Asiatic (Thailand) Public Company Limited and First Asia Securities Public Company Limited. She holds a M.S. in Accounting from Thammasat University. She completed the Directors Accreditation Program (DAP 66/2007) in 2007 and the Directors Certification Program (DCP 131/2010) in 2010 by the Thai Institute of Directors Association.

is the Executive Vice President, Corporate Human Resources. She became a director of Unique Mining Services Plc. in October 2009. Prior to joining TTA, she was Head of Human Resources, Consumer Banking in Standard Chartered Bank (Thai) Pcl. from 2003 to 2008, and Country Personnel Manager at Bank of America, Thailand from 1993 to 2003. Mrs. Suwannakudt received a Diploma in Human Resources Management from Sasin Graduate Institute of Business Administration of Chulalongkorn University in 1999 and a B.A. in Social Work from Thammasat University in 1985. In 2010, she completed the Directors Certification Program (DCP 132/2010) and the Role of the Compensation Committee Program (RCC 11/2010) by the Thai Institute of Directors Association.