Simon joined The British Club in January 1991 since when he has been continuously resident in Thailand having enjoyed a longstanding career within The Global Shipping Industry. His sporting interests cover Rugby, Football, Golf and playing Squash albeit at a slower pace than yesteryear. Having a keen eye for detail and being service minded Simon looks forward to working with the GC and Club Management for the benefit of all members..

Australian-born and having lived in New Zealand for many years, Chris has over forty years of experience in architecture and construction in New Zealand, Australia, Britain, and Thailand culminating in an associate partner for a progressive firm of architects in Auckland before venturing into the world of graphic design while continuing with architecture. Chris has been an active member of the British Club since 2000, and served on the General Committee for seven years, three of which as Vice Chairman from 2011 to 2013. An active member of the Tennis Section, he has serviced on their committee for many years and is currently the Secretary of the Tennis Section. Chris can be found in the Sala with his wife Nattaya many days a week. As a keen photographer he has contributed many photographs for the Club’s magazine along with photographing the annual Tennis Championship for twenty years.

Ceri is a relatively new member of the Club, having joined in early 2020 when he arrived in Thailand.

Since joining, he has been passionate about the Club and its community. Ceri is currently on a career break so wanted to use his time to serve the Club and the members. He is an enthusiastic walker, swimmer & skier and enjoys watching other sports from the side lines.

Ceri read Mathematics at the University of Bath and then became a Chartered Accountant. He has lived and worked overseas for over 20 years in Europe, South America, Middle East & Asia.

Paul joined the Club in 1999 and is now serving his seventeenth term, since 2000, on the General Committee as Honorary Secretary and he was also Vice-Chairman 2001-2003. In addition, Paul has chaired the Club’s Constitutional Reviews in 2005-2007 and 2017-2019 and became the Club Historian in 2020 having researched the Club’s history over many years (see The Club-History- Club Official Documents & Photographs). Paul was elected twice as a London Borough Councillor in the London Borough of Southwark. In 2005. Paul was elected as an Honorary Alderman of the same borough, although he and his partner of 40 years have recently moved to West Sussex for retirement.

Kathryn is a new member of the British Club but has lived in Bangkok for over 19 years. Since leaving the UK in 1999, Kathryn has worked as an international geography teacher in four countries, before settling in Bangkok. She joined her current school 15 years ago, has nurtured hundreds of students to academic success and is now an active member of the senior leadership team. In addition, Kathryn led numerous geographical, environmental and beach clean-up trips as well as a range of community service projects both locally and in Mae Sot.

Kathryn is a keen tennis player, cricketer and golfer and loves to spend time at the club with her husband, Carl and her two girls, Eleanor and Annabelle. She looks forward to contributing to this year’s General Committee, representing the members’ ideas and suggestions, and to building on the excellent legacy of previous administrations to ensure that the club continues to flourish.

Bryce Martin is a high school mathematics teacher who is now retired and residing in Bangkok. Whether he’s teaching, advising the government, or serving the community, Bryce has always been passionate about making a difference. In his early career, Bryce worked as a business to business salesperson in the technology industry, helping companies leverage technology to optimize their operations. He also served as a government advisor in Sydney and Malaysia, providing guidance on critical matters such as cybersecurity and data protection. Bryce’s dedication to serving others has continued throughout his life, as evidenced by his involvement in the British Club, where he enjoys connecting with members and supporting initiatives that promote the well-being of the community.

Simon Matthews is a Chartered Engineer having lived in Thailand for 31 years he is married to a Thai with 3 children at present, he is Regional Manager Southeast Asia for ManpowerGroup based in Bangkok.

He was previously Chairman for the British Chamber of Commerce Thailand.

Currently ManpowerGroup Southeast Asia has over 25,000 associates and with more than 1800 clients, supported by over 600 permanent staff.

ManpowerGroup®, the leading global workforce solutions company, helps organizations transform in a fast-changing world of work by sourcing, assessing, developing and managing the talent that enables them to win.

Hailing originally from the New Forest in England, Dean, has worked in the Retail Industry all his professional life; he has had work placements in UK, Egypt, Dubai, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand. For the last 13 years Dean worked for Boots latterly as International and Asia MD. His latest venture however is with Bain and Company helping retail businesses start up and grow in the region.

He has two teenage children, one studying in UK and the other in Bangkok. His great passion is Squash; he is the Chairman of the Squash Section and despite two full knee replacements he still gets around the court with reasonable dexterity.

JEREMY de SAUSMAREZ Educated in the UK but growing up in South America, Jeremy worked with the fledgling Virgin group for nearly a decade, moving on to study programming and systems analysis before transferring to Granada TV and subsequently independent television distribution. Itchy feet prompted a relocation to S.E. Asia distributing educational and HRD training materials, then with his Thai family to build and run a bungalow resort, 2 bar restaurants, and a leisure centre in the south of Thailand.

Moving to the Bangkok region for the kids’ schooling, Jeremy was the editor of Outpost magazine and became a member of the British Club in 2011, later joining the staff for 5 years. Since then, Jeremy has indulged his passions for music, film, history, cooking, his Mac, engineering, and innumerable tv documentaries.