Michelle Ray – Jones

President of LES Thailand

Michelle Ray-Jones is a Partner in Tilleke & Gibbins’ intellectual property group in Bangkok. She is an experienced practitioner in matters involving complex intellectual property litigation and prosecution. Representing companies on a wide range of matters related to intellectual property, Michelle handles the global and regional IP portfolios of clients in numerous industries, including hospitality, fashion, and consumer products. Michelle serves as a strategic advisor to international clients with IP portfolios in Southeast Asia, as well as to ASEAN clients expanding outward toward other parts of the world.

Kamonphan Minjoy

Vice President of LES Thailand

Kamonphan is a director of Yusarn Audrey Thailand. She is a registered Thai patent agent practicing inclusively in Thailand for more than 20 years. Her professional proficiency also extends to trademark and copyright registration in Thailand.

Ploynapa Julagasigorn

Secretary of LES Thailand

Ploynapa Julagasigorn is an accomplished and versatile senior associate in Tilleke & Gibbins’ intellectual property group. Her practice encompasses a wide range of domestic and cross-border intellectual property matters as a strategic advisor, an enforcer of intellectual property rights in Thailand, and a litigator in intellectual property prosecution and infringement disputes. With her broad expertise and experience working across all aspects of intellectual property law in Thailand, Ploynapa provides practical and actionable legal opinions on intellectual property matters and legal compliance issues, and executes complex legal research projects for international and transnational trade promotion organizations.

The depth of her knowledge and experience representing clients in the Thai market makes Ploynapa a sought-after speaker in industry seminars and conferences, training initiatives for government authorities, and academic lectures at universities in Thailand. Ploynapa has served as secretary of the Licensing Executives Society of Thailand since September 2021.

Varit Intrama

Treasurer

Acting Captain Varit Intrama is the Director of Strategic Industrial and Investment Department Thailand Center of Excellence for Life Sciences (Public Organization). He takes full responsibility of Investment and intellectual properties management function.

Dr. Suracha Udomsak

Trusted Advisor

• VP in chemicals business and in charge CTO Innovation and Technology
• Responsible for driving SCG Chemicals’ research and innovation to market
• Past Managing Director, Thai Polyethylene
• Past Vice President, Grand Siam Composite Co., Ltd.
• Advanced Management Program-184, Harvard University, USA.
• Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University

Mrs. Darani Vachanavuttivong

Trusted Advisor

Darani Vachanavuttivong is a formidable enforcer of intellectual property rights (IPR), including trademarks, copyrights, and patents. Regarded as “a brilliant, hands-on lawyer who works extremely hard for her clients” (WTR 1000), Darani is currently recognized as a top IP practitioner by such publications as Asialaw Leading Lawyers (2003–), The Legal 500 Asia Pacific (2003–), and Chambers Asia-Pacific (2008–). She has been named as one of the most accomplished female IP practitioners in the world by Managing Intellectual Property magazine, which included Darani in its list of the “Top 250 Women in IP” from 2016 to 2018.

A leading IP attorney and a leader in the IP field, Darani is the managing director of the Tilleke & Gibbins intellectual property group, which is consistently recognized as the preeminent IP practice in Thailand. Outside of the firm, Darani was elected by her peers to serve on the ASEAN Intellectual Property Association (AIPA) as President of the association (2021–2023), as the Country Head for Thailand (2009–) and as a Council Member (2007–). She is a member of the International Trademark Association (INTA) Harmonization of Trademark Law and Practice Committee (2016–2017). She served as President of the Thailand group of the Asian Patent Attorneys Association (2012–2015) and continues to serve the APAA as Vice President of the Thailand Group (2015–2018). In addition, she was the President of the Intellectual Property Association of Thailand (IPAT) for two terms (2005–2009) and continues to be involved in IPAT as the Secretary General and as a member of the Board of Directors.

Dr. Wilaiporn Chetanachan

Trusted Advisor

Dr. Wilaiporn Chetanachan is currently the Principal Innovation Advisor, Office of the President and CEO, SCG. She was the Director of Corporate Technology Office. She was responsible for the design and implementation of corporate-wide innovation management system that includes the management of R&D process, project portfolio, research financing and return monitoring, intellectual property and alliance development. She was also responsible for driving corporate technology development and new businesses, and has secured significant investment in sustainable technology platforms and new ventures.

• Advance Management Program 182, Harvard Business School.

• Ph.D. Organic Chemistry, University of Cincinnati, USA

Mr. Chalermpol Tuchinda

Trusted Advisor – Immediate Past President of LES Thailand

Chalermpol is a Vice president of National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA). He previously served as a Director of Software Park Thailand; Director Technopreneur Development and Services division at NSTDA; senior management roles at Thomson Reuters in Thailand and Executive Director at Bisnews (Public) Company limited. He co-founded and exited 5 businesses since 1989.

Chalermpol obtain MBA degree in Decision Support System; BS in MIS from Southern New Hampshire University; A.S. in Digital Electronic Engineering. He is active in several leading associations and Forums such as president of Licensing Executive Society Thailand (LEST), Committee member of Digital Economy Committee at Thailand International Chamber of Commerce (ICC Thailand), and a committee/secretariat of the Thai Business Incubation and Science Park Association (ThaiBISPA).

Mr. Alan Adcock

Trusted Advisor – Past President of LES Thailand

Alan Adcock is a partner and deputy director of the Tilleke & Gibbins intellectual property and regulatory affairs groups, helping to oversee the firm’s client work in these areas across ASEAN. He is recognized as a leading intellectual property lawyer based on his handling of corporate IP matters, including licensing and acquisitions, and his knowledge in life sciences, fluency in Mandarin, and outstanding client service. Since 2005, Alan has received recognition by Asialaw Leading Lawyers as one of Asia’s leading business lawyers in the area of intellectual property, and he has been named a top IP lawyer in Thailand by The Legal 500 Asia Pacific and WTR 1000.

Alan is also recognized as a leading IP strategist by IAM Strategy 300, an expert on patents in IAM Patent 1000, one of the world’s foremost life sciences practitioners by IAM Life Sciences 250, and a leading life sciences regulatory lawyer by Who’s Who Legal.

Ms. Eliza Stefaniw

Trusted Advisor – Past Vice President of LES Thailand

Eliza Stefaniw, JD, RTTP, is an Advisor for Innovation Ecosystem Development at King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT). AT KMUTT, Eliza develops IP management, from strategy to operations and from IP protection to IP licensing. In addition, she focuses on capacity building within the innovation ecosystem of KMUTT and Thailand, from teaching patent and technology transfer skills to mentoring students and early stage start-up companies. She has over 20 years of experience in evaluating, protecting and using intellectual property, as a patent examiner, patent agent, intellectual property attorney and advisor in the US and Thailand.

Eliza strives to maximize innovation impact by listening to inventors and clients and crafting tailored strategic solutions. Before moving to Thailand, she was an associate in the Silicon Valley office of Morgan, Lewis, and Bockius. Eliza became a registered US patent agent in 2001 and obtained her JD from Georgetown University Law Center in 2003. She holds a masters in physics from the University of Rochester, where she was an Office of Naval Research Graduate Fellow. She received a bachelors in physics and Russian with a concentration in international economic relations from Bryn Mawr College.

Dr. Orakanoke Phanraksa

Trusted Advisor

Dr. Phanraksa received Ph.D. degree in laws from the University of Washington, Seattle, in 2005. She is currently with the Technology Licensing Office, Technology Management Center at the National Science and Technology Development Agency, Pathumthani, Thailand, as a manager of the Intellectual Property Policy group. She has involved a number of research projects, with a focus on intellectual property management and technology transfer such as the benefit sharing policy from intellectual property commercialization project; the interface between intellectual property and anti-trust laws project; and the access and benefit sharing for biodiversity in research and development institute in Thailand project.

She also serves as the working committee for the University-Business Incubation (UBI) Project and the Technology Licensing Office Promotion Project of the Higher Education Commission; and the Thai Patent Law Amendment of the Department of Intellectual Property, the Ministry of Commerce Thailand. Recently, she has engaged in a national research project with the National Science, Technology and Innovation Agency to develop a policy framework to promote the role of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in research and development in Thailand.

Ms. Vikran Duangmanee

Trusted Advisor