CEO · Board Director · Growth & Transformation Strategist

Kumpol
Buriyameathagul

(Dr.A) ·Ph.D.
Bridging technology, business, and
human values — building the executive
leadership the next era requires.

Executive leader and board director of SET / MAI-listed companies, with 20+ years of cross-border operating and governance experience across the United States, United Kingdom, and Thailand. I bring a rare combination of listed-company stewardship, integrated multi-industry leadership, and a research-anchored understanding of how culture and technology shape lasting value — translating AI, Blockchain, and digital convergence into the next decade of enterprise value across health, media, telecom, hospitality, and property.

Kumpol Buriyameathagul (Dr.A), Ph.D. speaking on stage

Three principles that shape
how I lead.

A focused articulation of where I create value, the standards I hold, and the kind of future I am building for the organizations I serve.

01

Listed-Company Stewardship

Executive leadership and board governance for SET / MAI-listed companies, grounded in disclosure discipline, fiduciary integrity, and long-term shareholder trust.

02

Digital & AI Enabler

Positioning at the intersection of technology, social dynamics, human behavior, and psychology — helping organizations scale through OTT, AI, and Blockchain across media, telecom, hospitality, and beyond.

03

Multidisciplinary by Design

Recognized as a multidisciplinary leader with the agility to adapt, govern, and create value across diverse industries and emerging technologies — built for what comes next.

A bridge between
capital, technology & people.

I am an executive leader, board director, and digital transformation strategist with over 20 years of experience driving business innovation across media, telecommunications, hospitality, and emerging technology sectors.

With a research-grounded foundation that integrates technology, human behavior, psychology, and digital society, I specialize in enabling organizations to evolve through AI, OTT platforms, blockchain, and next-generation digital ecosystems.

My career spans engineering in Chicago, consulting at Reuters in the UK, senior consulting at Thomson Reuters in Bangkok, and executive leadership at Digital Synergy — before transitioning into a portfolio of board and advisory roles across publicly listed and high-growth private companies.

My Vision

To build future-ready businesses, bridge technology with human-centered innovation, and create sustainable growth through strategic transformation.

$180M+
Combined Portfolio Scope Boards & advisory across listed and private companies (est. aggregate value)
20+
YEARS EXPERIENCE
10
BOARD & ADVISORY ROLES
3
COUNTRIES (TH · UK · USA)
Ph.D.
IT — FIRST-CLASS HONOUR

Leading a listed platform
and a multi-industry board portfolio.

As CEO of VIBE Synergy Group, a SET / MAI-listed platform spanning Food & Beverage, Health & Wellness, and Digital Technology — alongside an active portfolio of board and advisory roles across Telecom, Hospitality, Property Management, and other strategic industries.

VIBE Synergy Group
Flagship Executive Role
Listed on mai — Market for Alternative Investment, Stock Exchange of Thailand Ticker VIBE
CEO & Board of Directors
Present  ·  formerly Health Empire Corporation

VIBE Synergy Group Public Company Limited is a Thailand-based listed platform integrating Food & Beverage, Health & Wellness, and Digital Technology into a single connected group.

Through intelligent connectivity, data-enabled platforms, and partnership-driven innovation, VIBE turns fragmented industries into collaborative networks that enhance engagement, unlock new opportunities, and create long-term value for businesses and society.

Listed Public Company Food & Beverage Health & Wellness Digital Technology
— Combined Industry Coverage: CEO + Board + Advisory —
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Food & Beverage
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Health & Wellness
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AI & Digital Technology
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Pharmacy Retail & Wholesale
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Telecom
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Hospitality
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Property Management
— Additional Active Board & Advisory Roles —
VIBE Group · 7 Subsidiary Boards Selective External Advisory · 2

Primary commitment — CEO leadership of VIBE Synergy Group. Subsidiary boards governed within the group framework. External advisory and public engagements are selectively allocated to avoid dilution of the core operating role.

VIBE Group

Next Better

Board of Directors Present

Tailor-made OTT (Over-the-Top) digital In-Room services for hospitals and hotels — embedding digital experience as a native layer of hospitality operations.

HOSPITALITY · DIGITAL IN-ROOM / OTT
VIBE Group

Synature Technology

Board of Directors Present

Board oversight for a Retail Technology platform — point-of-sale (POS), inventory, and order management systems serving restaurants, hotels, and warehouses.

RETAIL TECH · POS · INVENTORY
VIBE Group

Mediwell

Board of Directors Present

Board governance for an investment firm focused on health and wellness businesses across the ASEAN region.

HEALTH & WELLNESS
VIBE Group

Genesenn

Board of Directors Present

Board governance for an integrative medicine and modern wellness ecosystem operator — bridging clinical care and preventive lifestyle.

INTEGRATIVE PREVENTIVE & MEDICAL WELLNESS
VIBE Group

Herbal Tech

Board of Directors Present

Strategic governance for a research-led venture commercialising Thai herbal heritage at industrial scale through modern extraction and formulation technology.

HEALTH & WELLNESS
VIBE Group

Karaboon Wellness

Board of Directors Present

Board oversight for a consumer-facing wellness brand bringing curated herbal formulations to modern lifestyle, retail, and hospitality channels.

HEALTH & WELLNESS
VIBE Group

Asia Food Solution

Board of Directors Present

Board oversight for a Food & Beverage brand spanning retail, franchise, and snack-box businesses across the region.

FOOD & BEVERAGE
External Advisory

QPM

Board Advisor Present

Digital transition and adoption for a Thai-owned property management firm with over 30 years of heritage — now modernized on a digital-first operating backbone.

PROPERTY & LIVING · PROPTECH
External Advisory

NTiBUZZ

Board Advisor Present

Building OTT, telemedicine, and Digital-as-a-Service offerings on top of National Telecom (NT) — advancing digital equality and competitive national infrastructure.

TELECOM

Where I have created
measurable value.

Selected initiatives where I was proud to be part of the team — transforming industries through digital innovation, partnerships, and brand value-up.

Sport · National Industry Value-Up

Muaythai & "ONE Lumpinee"

$470M
Economic Value Created

Proud to be part of the team that elevated Muaythai (Thai Boxing) toward sustainable growth — through a strategic collaboration between ONE Championship, one of the world's largest MMA organizations, and Lumpinee Stadium.

The result — "ONE Lumpinee" — has become the most successful Thai boxing program by far, dominating popularity ratings both online and offline, and creating an estimated USD 470 million of value-up impact to the Thai economy.

Sources Bangkok Post — "ONE Championship touts $470M tourism boost" · Royal Thai Embassy, Washington D.C. · Nielsen Study, 2025

Partnership Strategy Brand Value-Up National Soft Power Sports Industry
Media · OTT Transformation

Media Industry Value-Up — One31 OTT

OTT
Platform Transformation

Helped uplift the Thai media industry through the OTT (Over-the-Top) transformation of One31 TV — bringing one of Thailand's leading broadcasters into the streaming era with a modern, scalable digital distribution model.

Architected the pivot from linear broadcast to on-demand digital distribution — unlocking new revenue streams through subscription, advertising, and audience-data monetisation, while delivering a unified multi-screen experience across mobile, smart TV, and set-top box. The model reframed One31 from a traditional broadcaster into a content-led digital platform engaging viewers wherever they choose to watch.

Why OTT matters now — OTT is the foundation layer for every direct-to-consumer media, telemedicine, education, and hospitality experience of the next decade. It decouples content from channel, audience from geography, and value from broadcast slot — turning every screen into a personalised, measurable touchpoint.

Sources The One Enterprise — "oneD exceeds expectations: 10.2M downloads" · one31.net — Official channel news · #1 Entertainment app, iOS & Android

OTT Platform Linear → On-Demand Multi-Screen Distribution Audience-Data Monetisation Broadcaster Digital Pivot
Telecommunications · Live Sports Streaming

Premier League National Rollout

10M+
Subscribers Reached

Helped lead the national rollout of the English Premier League broadcast in Thailand for the 2016–2018 seasons — scaling the service to over 10 million subscribers and redefining how Thai audiences consume live international football.

Architected the end-to-end distribution model — content acquisition, delivery infrastructure, subscriber onboarding, monetisation, and unified customer experience across web, mobile, and set-top box. The rollout reframed live premium sports from a satellite-and-cable luxury into a mainstream digital service, reaching millions of new Thai viewers for the first time.

Why this matters — The Premier League rollout was Thailand's first live-streaming broadcast at true national scale — the moment mass-market audiences proved they would consume premium content over digital infrastructure rather than satellite or cable. The distribution architecture, customer-experience model, and audience-engagement playbook pioneered here became the foundation for what is today AIS Play, the nationwide consumer streaming platform. A blueprint for how legacy telcos transform into digital-platform leaders.

Premier League First Live-Streaming at National Scale AIS Play Foundation Telco → Digital Platform Subscriber Scale-Up
10M+
Subscribers
2016–18
EPL Seasons
#1
Live Football in Thailand
Sports Broadcasting · Continental OTT Coverage

TSport Channel — Asia's Sporting Stage

2x
Continental Multi-Sport Games

Proud to serve as a major Live OTT broadcaster through TSport Channel — Thailand's dedicated sports content platform — bringing the region's largest multi-sport events into millions of Thai homes through digital streaming.

Delivered comprehensive live broadcast coverage of the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China (2022) and the 32nd SEA Games in Cambodia (2023) — two of the most significant sporting moments in modern Asian history, brought to Thai audiences with the immediacy and reach only OTT distribution can provide.

Why this matters — Continental multi-sport events generate the highest concentration of national pride and audience engagement of any media moment in Asia. Delivering these events through OTT distribution is not just a broadcast achievement — it is an exercise in national soft power, digital infrastructure, and the editorial discipline required to honour both sport and audience at the same time.

Sources Olympics.com — 19th Asian Games · Hangzhou 2022 · Wikipedia — 32nd SEA Games · Cambodia 2023 · NT Satellite — SEA Games 2023 broadcast distribution · MGR Online — T Sports 7 channel coverage · Main Stand — Thai sports media coverage

TSport Channel 19th Asian Games · Hangzhou 2022 32nd SEA Games · Cambodia 2023 Live OTT Broadcasting Continental Multi-Sport National Soft Power
Healthcare · Premium Patient Experience

BDMS — Digital Transformation of the Patient Experience

10+
Hospital Deployments

Led the design and deployment of an enterprise-scale digital patient-experience platform across 10+ hospitals within the BDMS networkSoutheast Asia's largest and most prestigious luxury private hospital group, operating flagship brands including Bangkok Hospital, Samitivej, and Samitivej Japanese Hospital.

The platform unified hospitality services, hospital communications, patient-request workflows, and curated entertainment content into a single, seamless bedside experience — enabling patients to access information, request services, and engage with care directly from the comfort of their room. The solution converged four traditionally fragmented domains — healthcare, hospitality, communications, and entertainment — into one coherent, patient-centred journey.

Why this matters — In Asia's premium healthcare market, the patient experience has become the defining differentiator beyond clinical excellence. This initiative reframed the hospital room from a purely clinical space into a refined, digitally enabled environment of care — aligning BDMS with the global movement toward smart hospitals and patient-centred digital health, and reinforcing Thailand's standing as a leading destination for world-class medical tourism and luxury healthcare.

SE Asia's Largest Luxury Hospital Group 10+ Hospital Deployments Bangkok Hospital · Samitivej Smart Hospital · Digital Health Patient-Centred Experience Premium Care · Medical Tourism Hub
10+
Hospitals Deployed
4-in-1
Care · Hospitality · Comms · Entertainment
#1
Luxury Private Hospital Group in SE Asia

Selected past experience.

Health Up Group (HUG) logo → Subsidiaries Health Network — Pharmacy Retail DN Center — Pharmacy Wholesale XServe Fulfillment — Pharmacy Fulfilment
Pharmacy · Retail · Wholesale · Fulfilment

Health Up Group (HUG)

Group
Board & Signatory

Served as Board of Director and authorisation signatory for Health Up Group (HUG) — providing governance across the Group's pharmacy operations, delivered through three specialist subsidiaries: Health Network (pharmacy retail), DN Center (pharmacy wholesale), and XServe Fulfillment (pharmacy fulfilment).

Under HUG's governance, we pushed the Thai pharmacy industry forward — expanding retail reach and building the most advanced robotic and largest wholesale pharmacy warehouse in the country.

Board Director & Signatory Health Network · Retail DN Center · Wholesale XServe · Fulfilment Robotic Warehouse
Listed-Company Board Tenure
Comanche Inter Public Co., Ltd (COMAN)Listed on mai — Market for Alternative Investment, Stock Exchange of Thailand
Board of Directors · NRC · RMC · CG — Digital Technology
Executive Tenure · OTT Era
Digital Synergy
Chief Customer Officer — Bangkok
Streaming Pioneer Era
Ploenjit Media
Director of Service Management — Bangkok
Fortune 500 · NYSE / NASDAQ
Thomson Reuters
Senior Consultant — Bangkok, Thailand
European Operations
Reuters, United Kingdom
Senior IT Consultant — London, UK
Rebuilt & upgraded the Dockland Technical Centre data centre — Reuters Data Feed & Workstation real-time market distribution
Foundational US Tenure
M.P.R Engineering Corp
Technical Project Manager · Network Engineer — Chicago, USA
Contract engineering for BP Amoco, Canon USA & Motorola

Three countries.
One executive perspective.

A career built across the United States, the United Kingdom, and Thailand — bringing global frameworks to local execution.

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8
Years of Experience
United States
Chicago — Engineering & Master's
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3
Years of Experience
United Kingdom
Reuters · Global Enterprise Management
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18+
Years of Experience
Thailand
Board · CEO · Advisor

Intellectual Foundations.

Ph.D. Dissertation · 2013

My doctoral research explored how culture, identity, and human behaviour translate into digital environments — work that has become a working blueprint for the AI era I now lead organisations into.

Click the Ph.D. card in the Credentials section below to read the full dissertation summary.

Reflections on technology & humanity.

This space is where I share reflections on AI, leadership, business transformation, and the evolving relationship between technology and humanity.

Education & Certifications.

B.E.
Computer Engineering
Bangkok, Thailand
2000
Executive Certifications & Programs
Awards & Recognition
National First Prize · Doctoral Research Award
Ministry-level recognition, Thailand · 2014
First-Class Honour & Gold Medal — for research on culture, society & virtual communities.
"Above & Beyond" + "EXCEED" Awards
Thomson Reuters · 2011 – 2013
Highest performance rating, three consecutive years — Fortune 500 NYSE / NASDAQ-listed organisation.
Market Recognition Program
Thomson Reuters · 2009
Recognised for advancing customer service excellence across Europe & Asia trading-floor clients.

The interests that sharpen the work.

Outside the boardroom, the curiosity is the same — only the playing field changes. These are the pursuits that keep perspective fresh and decisions grounded.

Longevity & Preventive Wellness

Blending the wisdom of natural living with the precision of modern medicine — one preventive philosophy for more energy, sharper judgement, and decades longer.

Psychology & Multi-Cultural Studies

Continuing the curiosity that began with the doctoral research — how culture, behaviour, and identity shape the way people lead, follow, and trust across borders.

Investment & Macro Economics

An active personal investor reading central-bank moves and global capital flows — the lens that keeps every business decision financially grounded.

Let's build what's next.

Open to board appointments, strategic advisory, keynote speaking, and partnerships at the intersection of digital transformation, AI, and human-centered business.

Kumpol Buriyameathagul (Dr.A), Ph.D.

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