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
Noredah Othman
CEO, Sabah Convention Bureau,
Sabah Tourism Board
Executive Board Member
Mayur Patel
Head of Asia, OAG
Executive Board Member
Sharzede Salleh Askor
CEO, Sarawak Tourism Board
Executive Board Member
Alexander Rayner
CEO, SmartData.travel Limited trading (Tourism Cyber Centre)
Executive Board Member
SanJeet
Director, DDP Publications Private Limited
Executive Board Member
Gerald Perez
Vice President, Guam Visitors Bureau
Ex-Officio
Noor Ahmad Hamid
CEO, PATA
PATA Ambassador
PATA Ambassador for Greater China
Soon-Hwa Wong
CEO, AsiaChina Pte Ltd.
PATA Board Members
Centara Hotels & Resorts
Ben Montgomery, Corporate Ambassador
Changi Airport Group (Singapore) Pte. Ltd
Ke-Wei Peh, Vice President
Cinnamon Hotels & Resorts
Sangeetha Liyanapathirana, Manager - Health, Hygiene, and Sustainability
DDP Publications Private Limited
SanJeet, Director
Designated Areas for Sustainable Tourism Administration (DASTA)
Gp. Capt Athikun Kongmee, Director-General
Destination Human Capital Ltd.
Peter Semone, President & Founder
FSM Visitors Board - Department of Resources & Development
Bermance Aldis, Assistant Secretary, Tours Division
GainingEdge
Stephen Pearce, Partner, Leisure & Tourism
Global Academy of Tourism & Hospitality Education (GATE)
Khem Lakai, CEO
Global Tour Ltd.
Henry Oh, Chairman
Ministry of Tourism, Government of India
V Vidyavathi, Secretary of Tourism
OAG
Mayur Patel, Head of Asia
Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA)
Noor Ahmad Hamid, CEO
PATA India Chapter
Vikram Madhok, Vice Chairman
PATA Thailand Bangkok University Student Chapter
Suzy Su Thiri Maung, Chairperson
Sabah Tourism Board
Noredah Othman, CEO, Sabah Convention Bureau
Taylor’s University
Dr Neethiahnanthan Ari Ragavan, Executive Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences and Leisure
Thailand Convention & Exhibition Bureau (TCEB)
Chiruit Isarangkun Na Ayunthaya, President
Tourism Malaysia
Datuk Musa Yusof, Deputy Director General - Promotion
Tripadvisor
Fabrizio Orlando, Global Industry Relations Director
Visa Worldwide Pte. Ltd.
Ciyi Lim, Head of Cross-Border, Asia Pacific
Wakayama University
Dr Kumi Kato, Professor
Capilano University
Cheryl Hurlbut, Convenor/ Instructor
Asian Trails Ltd.
Luzi Matzig, Chairman
Explore Himalaya Travel & Adventure
Suman Pandey, Group Chairman
Dusit Thani College
Simon Llyod, Dean - International Programs
Hawaii Toursim Authority
Jennifer Chun, Director, Tourism Research
Guam Visitors Bureau
Gerald Perez, Vice President
Jetwing Hotels Ltd.
Dmitri Cooray, Managing Director
Hong Kong Tourism Board
Erica Wong, Head of Strategic Planning & Insights
Korea Tourism Organization
Jongwong Park, Director of International Cooperation Team
JTB Tourism Research & Consulting Co.
Junichi Kumada, Chief, Global Tourism Agenda & Sports
MasterCard Asia/Pacific Pte. Ltd.
Xin Mok, Director, Public Sector
Macau International Airport Company Ltd.
Eric Fong, Marketing Director
PATA Philippines Chapter
Maria Paz Alberto, Chairperson
PATA Nepal Chapter
Bibhuti Chand Thakur, Chairman
Taiwan Tourism Administration
Dr Yung-Hui (Joe) Chou, Director-General
Sarawak Tourism Board
Sharzede Salleh Askor, CEO
Supervisory Board - Finance & Elections
SanJeet
Director, DDP Publications Private Limited
Jennifer Chun
Director, Tourism Research, Hawaii Tourism Authority
Chairman
Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes
Director, Macao Government Tourism Office
Henry Oh
Chairman, Global Tour Ltd.
Dmitri Cooray
Managing Director, Jetwing Hotels Ltd.