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Founder/CEO The principal owner, Mr. Samson Tan, has been involved in the travel industry since 1997. He attended TMC Computer School and after graduation, began working for Oakland Snooker Club as a Club Supervisor.
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| His competencies resulted in a promotion to Club Manager within 9 months, and he subsequently founded the Samson Tan Snooker Promotion in 1990 which has a focus in promoting snooker in Singapore through the organization of tournaments. At the same time, he was also engaged in the sale of snooker equipment and accessories, and led a team of 4 to win the Guinness National League Championship Cup. In 1992, he started Farich Trading Pte Ltd where he was the Sole Distributor for car accessory products such as Cyclone & Car leather seats from Korea. At this time, he was managing 15 staffs. He then went on to start a fishery business in Thailand, trading frozen seafood from Thailand to Taiwan and China before he eventually founded GTMC Travel Pte Ltd in 1997. |
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Vice President , Sales and Marketing: Mr. Matthew Pillay, has primary responsibility for the company's sales and marketing activities, including management of the field sales organization and the customer service department. He has an extensive background in all aspects of sales and marketing management. |
| His career included 3 years with Uniglobal Holidays as Vice President, 3 years with Snow World Travel as General Manager and 8 years with Associated Tours, holding various positions of Director of Marketing, Director of Operations as well as Market Services Manager at different points in time. The relevant experience accumulated in the travel related industry insures his performance in this position. |
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Vice President , Financial Management : Ms. Grace Taw , oversees the Group’s cash flow, debtors and creditors payment as well as funds transfers between offices. She has prior experience as a front office manager in Hotel Grand Central where she oversaw the front office operations, handled guest |
| complaints, checked guest credit limit and monitored payment from the agents’ account as well as room inspections. |
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Executive Director , (GTMC Thailand) cum Group Head, Product Development : Ms. Mesaya Chusuntithamkul leads the entire Sales and Marketing division, managing all aspects of sales, marketing, accounting and reservations. She is responsible for developing products, sales and marketing planning as well as driving branding guidelines across the organization. |
| Her focus is in the outbound market where there are strong relations with various multinational companies to promote tour package as well as itinerary planning for individual and group travel. She is based in Thailand and reports directly to Samson. Her language proficiency in Thai and English enables her to fulfill the responsibilities of her role and expand GTMC’s reach in the local business and working culture . |
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Manager : Information Technology Mr. Amit Kumar Singh has been GTMC’s IT Project Manager since May 2004. He oversees B2B and B2C eCommerce, billing and inventory systems amidst others. Amit has a diverse cross-cultural working experience in the IT field spanning various countries including Singapore, India and the United Kingdom. |
| He was previously IT Engineer for Magna Precision Eng (S) Pte Ltd and Java Developer for IBS Limited UK and IBS Limited Sutton Surrey United Kingdom. He is a Sun-certified Java Programmer, Oracle Certified for SQL/PLSQL, IBM Certified for eCommerce and Microsoft Certified Professional. |
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