SCG chief Roongrote remains thoughtful
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During a press conference last week, the incoming chief executive of SCG looked slightly nervous. But Roongrote Rangsiyopash kept smiling and showed that he was thoughtful and humble.
While waiting for the event to start, he sat beside other senior executives for a while, then he got up from the front row and stood in the middle of the aisle, greeting some of his staff with a grin on his face.
“Ble, are you wearing a moustache now?” Roongrote asked SCG’s corporate communications officer.
After a lengthy performance by a professional dance troupe, Roongrote walked up to the podium and outlined the company’s business plan without consulting any notes. After that, he sat down to answer questions from Venus Asavasitthithavorn, the firm’s corporate communications director.
While waiting for Venus to finish her first question, Roongrote took the opportunity to slake his thirst. But instead of serving himself first, SCG’s incoming boss poured water into Venus’ glass before filling his own.
And again he was able to talk without having to consult any prepared materials.
Like fellow Harvard University alumnus and former SCG president Chumpol Nalamlieng, Roongrote is known as a publicity-shy executive. SCG staff said that had outgoing SCG chief Kan Trakulhoon not set a precedent for a new SCG that is more colourful and lively, Roongrote’s tenure could have seen a return to the low-key era.
Is this a Harvard trait after all?
A place where ducks never learn to swim
Rosanna Suchaovanich, chief operating officer of Bangkok Ranch, came to the duck-meat industry by accident. She said her parents decided to build a duck processing plant more than three decades ago simply because they wanted to supply feathers to their garment factory.
The COO of the country’s No 1 duck meat provider and one of the world’ s top 10 players has three decades of experience in the duck farm, slaughterhouse and processing businesses. She is obviously one of the top experts in the duck industry.
Rosanna said Bangkok Ranch uses only Peking ducks or “white ducks”, whose parent stock had to be flown all the way from the United Kingdom.
To control meat quality, |the firm requires all of its own and contract farms to use its ducklings and feed, which is |100-per-cent vegetarian. No |animal feed allowed. And |since all farms are commercialised to ensure that they meet quality and safety requirements, these ducks never learn how to swim.
Contributed by Pichaya Changsorn
