Kittisak (Kitt) Pattamasaevi is CEO of Montara Hospitality Group, which owns and manages Trisara, an ultra-luxury beach villa resort and residences in Phuket. Among numerous accolades, Trisara was the only Phuket resort included in Condé Nast Traveler’s 2017 Gold List (for the third year straight), and was in The Robb Report’s Top 100 Resorts and PRU, Phuket’s first and only Michelin-starred restaurant and the only Green-star restaurant in Thailand. The Group is currently developing TRI VANANDA, a multigenerational living community, purposely built to set a gold standard for wellness in Asia, with functional and integrative medicine and nutrition, cognitive health and mindfulness, as well as biophilic design.

Kitt graduated Cum Laude from Columbia University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Operations Research and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Harvard Business School, where he also served as Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Hospitality & Travel Industry Club. He had gained private equity and investment banking experience in Singapore and Bangkok before joining the family-owned Montara Hospitality Group as CEO.