The six-member Executive Committee is made up of some industry veterans as well as up-and-coming young talented tourism industry professionals.
Executive committee members and delegates appointed the new committee members for 2021-2023 at the annual general meeting of Skal International Krabi. The annual general meeting was held at the Club House of Port Takola Yacht Marina in Krabi followed by networking aboard eMV Sunseeker.
The newly appointed members will fulfill their positions for a two-year term until 2023. Their two main projects will be the expansion of their existing community farm projects, in the Sustainable Tourism Field and in conjunction with SKAL International Thailand their #rediscover Destination Marketing Campaigns in support of Members businesses. #rediscoverkrabi #rediscoverthailand
The six-member Executive Committee is made up of some industry veterans as well as up-and-coming young talented tourism industry professionals.
- President – Kevin Rautenbach
- Vice President – Wolfgang Grimm
- Secretary – Cooper János Horváth
- Treasurer – Naathont Chumpon
- Marketing & PR – Barbora Víchová
- Membership Director – Sam Davies
Mr Rautenbach is a seasoned tourism and hospitality expert and entrepreneur with a passion for modernization and digitalization of the hospitality sector. A career relocation 17 years ago brought him to Thailand which has been home ever since.
Wolfgang Grimm, President SKAL International Thailand welcomed the election of Kevin Rautenbach to become President of SKAL Krabi and will continue supporting the club as an active member of the board.
Andrew J Wood was born in Yorkshire England, he is a former hotelier, Skalleague and travel writer. Andrew has 48 years of hospitality and travel experience. Educated at Batley Grammar School and a hotel graduate of Napier University, Edinburgh. Andrew started his career in London, working with various hotels. His first posting overseas was with Hilton International, in Paris, and he later arrived in Asia in 1991 on Bangkok with his appointment as Director of Marketing at the Shangri-La Hotel and has remained in Thailand ever since. Andrew has also worked with the Royal Garden Resort Group now Anantara (Vice President) and the Landmark Group of Hotels (Vice President of Sales and Marketing). Latterly he has been the General Manager at the Royal Cliff Group of Hotels in Pattaya and the Chaophya Park Hotel Bangkok & Resorts.
A past board member and Director of Skål International (SI), a former National President with SI Thailand and a two time past President of the Bangkok Club. Andrew is the former President of Skål Asia. In 2019, Andrew was awarded SKÅL’s highest award the distinction of Membre D’Honneur.
He is a regular guest lecturer at various Universities in Asia.
