THAI Announces Board Meeting Results
Mr. Wanchai Sarathulthat, Chairman of Thai Airways International Public Company Limited and Chairman of the President Selection Committee, said that resulting from the company’s Announcement of President Application to select a new President who will oversee THAI’s operations replacing the current President, Mr.
Kanok Abhiradee, who will complete his term in 2006, the President Selection Committee had selected a qualified applicant to appoint as THAI’s new president being Flg. Off. Apinan Sumanaseni. The President Selection Committee will determine the presidency salaries and allowance as well as employment contract based on the company’s regulations and in accordance with the Board’s resolution. The contract will later be submitted to the Ministry of Finance for approval. Once approved, the contract will be proposed to THAI’s Board of Directors for signing. The appointment of THAI’s new president will take effect from 1st May 2006. The 56-year-old Flg. Off. Apinan Sumanaseni will be the 14th President of THAI and is currently holding a position of THAI’s Executive Vice President for Operations Department. Born on 18 June 1949, Flg. Off. Apinan Sumanaseni graduated from the Royal Thai Air Force Academy and joined THAI on 1 August 1975.