BACKGROUND

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Mr. Surachit (ART) Chanovan is a Cancham member in ‘good standing’ and well known to the Cancham  Board. As an active member of the Chamber’s Education Sector, he has been a strong advocate of quality  education for Thai students and served as the Country Director of Cancham member company, Canadian  Education Centre Network (CECN) – Thailand Branch until the network’s global closure in January 2010. He served as a Cancham Board Director for many years from his first year in 2003. Mr. Chanovan  received the Cancham’s Business Excellence Award in the “Best Canada-Thai Linkages” Category in 2003  for his efforts in promoting Canada as education destination for Thai students.

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Mr. Chanovan became the Managing Director of “Success Canada.org” from February 1, 2010 to the  present. Like CECN, this new entity follows the same pattern in promoting Canadian education to Thai  students. Mr. Chanovan is an expert with extensive knowledge in areas of Education/ Travel/  International Relations and Transportation & Communications with his experiences working at various  multinational corporations such as Regional Manager Asia Pacific of Amadeus and Country Manager of Air  New Zealand.  He was a graduate in International Relations from one of the finest State Universities in  the U.S., University of Delaware, in which one of its distinguished graduates was current U.S. President Joe Biden.