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GENERAL COMMITTEE

The Club elects a General Committee of eight to ten members each March at the Annual General Meeting. The General Committee for 2020/21 is:

Jack Dunford MBE

Jack Dunford MBE

Chairman
Joined the British Club in 1978 and has now served two spells on the General Committee; 13 years in the 1980s/90s including two as Chair, and now 5 years in the Chair again.

Came to Thailand to solve Bangkok’s traffic problems with two young kids who grew up running around the swimming pool. Enjoyed every aspect of Club life, playing lots of squash and cricket, treading the boards, and as the years have crept by still enjoying a regular workout in the gym.

Spent 30 years working with refugees from Burma. As enjoyable as the experience of serving on the GC has been, is looking forward to getting his life back next year and finishing ‘that’ book!

Geoff Banks

Geoff Banks

Vice Chairman
Geoff Banks joined the British Club in 2012 upon his retirement from a career in automobile financing – primarily with the Volkswagen Group of Germany. His career took him to live in 9 countries before his first Asian assignment – to Japan in 2002 – sparked a lasting fascination with Asia. After marrying Tippawan, his Thai wife, in 2003, assignments to Singapore and China followed as Regional Manager Asia-Pacific for Volkswagen Financial Services with a final stay in Moscow. Geoff is an avid squash player, loves cooking and all kinds of guitar music, and hopes now to spend more time honing his, at best, modest playing skills.
Brian Brook

Brian Brook

Honorary Secretary
Brian joined the Club in 1981. It was his second home for two and a half years playing squash almost every day, until he was posted back to UK. He returned to Thailand in 2002. He has a Management Accounting qualification and Finance Director experience in both UK and Thailand. Married to Yurachatr, he is now retired and plays golf. This is his third year on the General Committee. He was previously on the General Committee and Audit Committee of the Royal Bangkok Sports Club
James Crossley-Smith

James Crossley-Smith

Honorary Treasurer
A Graduate in Geology, James worked initially in the oil exploration before moving into accountancy. James joined the British Club as a family member in 1999 when he arrived in Thailand as CFO of a Jewellery manufacturer on Surawong Road. He variously acted as CFO and CEO and now works in operations and compliance in fund management here in Bangkok. He is a Chartered Accountant (ICAEW) with an MBA from Manchester University. At the British Club he has been involved with the Squash, Cricket and Rugby Sections. Maintaining his support for Rugby in Bangkok, he is currently Chairman of the Old Bangkok Bangers Rugby Club
Mark E Buchanan

Mark E Buchanan

General Committee
Mark is a native of Newcastle upon Tyne and moved to Thailand in 2006. He is married to Peach and is father to four children Isy, Xander , Macy and Cara.

Mark is the MD of Evolution Wellness Holdings, South East Asia’s largest Fitness and Wellness provider and operator of the Fitness First Clubs and Celebrity Fitness Clubs in Thailand.

A big Newcastle United fan and a lover of sport, music and film , Mark competed at representative levels in both rugby and boxing , long since retired from both pursuits he is now an enthusiastic triathlete, racing regularly across Asia.

Mark and his family enjoy British Club brunches and relaxing in the new Silom Wing.

Nathan Thomas

Nathan Thomas

General Committee
Nathan moved to Thailand with his wife Jodie in 2012 after a previously living in Shanghai and Hong Kong, working in Sales and Marketing within the hotel industry. A proud Welshman, Nathan can usually be found in the Churchill Bar or relaxing around the swimming pool on the weekends. A passionate single malt enthusiast who also partakes in regular whisky meets in Bangkok
James Short

James Short

General Committee
I was born near Skipton, West Yorkshire, educated at Rugby school where I quickly lost the northern accent, and read mathematics at Christ Church, Oxford.
When not at university, I helped run our family hillside pub the Pack Horse Inn, which boasts over 120 single malts and is on the Pennine way. When it isn’t blowing a hurricane outside it is a very pleasant place.
In need of a proper job, I moved down to London and worked on software for the MoD in Holborn, which was installed on navy ships and submarines. In May 2001, having been inspired by others taking time out before university, I decided to uproot and head off blindly into SE Asia. By chance I met someone holidaying in Samui who had a dev manager job offer – which I happily took! Since then I have been working in Bangkok, firstly for a company that built the software that ran the entire set of Bumrungrad hospital departments, then for Microsoft Thailand for 5 years and now for Orion Health in Ploenchit as the software architect building regional health systems in New Zealand, Turkey and SE Asia.
I play squash (not very well but improving) in the leagues and enjoy the new Silom wing at weekends with my wife Pui, and 3 year old son Harry. We live in Bang Na to be close to Patana school.
Terry Adams

Terry Adams

General Committee
Terry arrived in Thailand in 1983 as MD of the UK based Chloride Group’s subsidiary companies. He quickly joined the British Club and immersed himself into club activities, especially in the sporting area, where over the years he represented the Club at soccer, cricket, rugby, and later at golf and tennis. He served on the General Committee in the late 80’s and early 90’s, and was Tennis Section Chairman in the Club’s Centenary Year, arranging a highly successful Centenary Tennis Tournament featuring Clubs from around the Region as well as our regular local tennis opponents.
For seven years he successfully operated Thailand’s first supply chain and logistics consultancy. Branching into logistics operations, he subsequently undertook senior consultancy roles in supply chain execution software companies, operating in most countries in the Region; he puts his current shape down to those years of very extensive work-related travel. Terry finished his career, in Thailand, as an independent consultant helping companies with their logistics operations and implementation projects.
Recently retired, Terry spends his time at the Club mainly poolside, in the pool and gym whilst recovering by watching tennis and quaffing wine or cider.
David Bell

David Bell

General Committee
Joined the British Club in 2018 soon after arriving in Thailand. An international citizen, first moving from the UK to Asia in 1993 when as a young 26-year-old he was posted to Singapore followed by Hong Kong SAR and Australia. A veteran of the wines and spirits industry in various Asia Pacific Regional roles at Director level. Holds an MBA from Bath University and a DipM from the Chartered Institute of Marketing. David has a passion for sport, especially football, cricket, rugby, golf and keeping fit in the gym. For work and pleasure, he loves traveling, good food and drink and experiencing different cultures.

Enjoys club life and is a regular user of the facilities.

Robert Lockhart

Robert Lockhart

General Committee
Robert traded the cold winters in Canada for tropical sunshine and beaches when he moved to Southeast Asia in 2010. He spent seven years in the Philippines before moving to Thailand in 2017. Robert works as an investment specialist for a multilateral development bank where he finances infrastructure projects in Thailand and the Greater Mekong Subregion. He graduated with an MBA from the University of Dundee in Scotland and has an undergraduate degree from the Richard Ivey School of Business in Canada. Robert is an avid squash player and is currently Treasurer of the Squash Section.

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