Centara appoints Corporate Director of Corporate Affairs and Social Responsibilities

Thirayuth Chirathivat, Chief Executive Officer of Centara Hotels & Resorts, has announced the appointment of Kanokros Sakdanares (Wongvekin) as the Corporate Director of Corporate Affairs and Social Responsibilities with immediate effective. Kanokros has extensive experience covering 24 years in hotel industry. She graduated with a Bachelor degree from the Faculty of Business Administration at Ramkamhaeng University, majoring in Public Relations and Advertising before gaining her MBA (Master of Business Administration) in marketing from Srinakharinwirot university, Prasarnmit in Bangkok. Kanokros also studied English in the United Kingdom, receiving a first certificate of English examination from Cambridge University. She began her public relations career in 1991, spending seven years at The Sol Twin Towers Hotels Bangkok, the first Spanish chain hotel in Thailand, as PR Officer and later as Public Relations Manager. She then worked at several leading hotels including Amari Watergate Hotel Bangkok, Amari Atrium Bangkok and the Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel & Towers Bangkok as Director of Public Relations. In 2004 she joined Centara Hotels & Resorts as Corporate Director of Marketing Communications and has been working in this position for 10 years and a half prior to this new appointment as the company’s Corporate Director of Corporate Affairs & Social Responsibilities. Kanokros is now responsible for the company’s image and social responsibility activities and, as such, is an official corporate representative for social affairs, social events and social responsibilities. Kanokros now reports directly to Supatra Chirathivat, Senior Vice President – Corporate Affairs & Social Responsibilities and Thirayuth Chirathivat, CEO of Centara Hotels & Resorts, respectively. Kanokros has received the award for 'Best Public Relations for Thailand, Hong Kong and Macau' from Starwood Hotels and Resorts while working at The Royal Orchid Sheraton Hotel and Towers in Bangkok. She is currently serving as the elected President of Hotel Public Relations Association. soruced:traveldailynews.asia