Top Thai Union Executives Receive High Recognition in Institutional Investor’s 2017 Poll
Caption: (From left to right) Thiraphong Chansiri, Thai Union’s CEO, and Joerg Ayrle, Group Chief Financial Officer, were recently recognized as the number three Best CEO and number three Best CFO, respectively, in the consumer/staples sector of the Institutional Investor’s 2017 poll.
15 SEPTEMBER 2017, BANGKOK – Thai Union Group PCL has been named among the top companies in the 2017 All-Asia (ex-Japan) Executive Team rankings by Institutional Investor, a leading U.S. business-to-business publisher.
In a poll of sell-side investors, Thai Union CEO Thiraphong Chansiri was ranked as one of the top three Best CEO in the consumer/staples sector. Similarly, Joerg Ayrle, Thai Union’s Group Chief Financial Officer, was named to the top three Best CFO, also in the consumer/staples sector.
Thai Union was the only ASEAN-listed company to be nominated and recognized in the top three rankings in the consumer/staples sector of the poll, which surveyed 3,900 buy-side analysts and fund managers. The survey also included sell-side researchers at 980 securities firms and financial institutions that cover Asia and manage an estimated $1.5 trillion in Asian equities.
Chansiri welcomed the recognition, which he said reflected the confidence and trust investors have in Thai Union. “The passion and willingness among everyone at Thai Union to embrace our role as a leader for positive change, while striving for strong business growth, has helped us build the company into what it is today,” he commented.
Ayrle said he was proud that the company’s ambitious efforts had been acknowledged by the investor community. “At Thai Union, we work every day to build sustainable growth and to adapt to a constantly changing environment, which has been well-demonstrated to the global investment community,” Ayrle added.
The recognition from Institutional Investor comes after Thai Union was last week named to the Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) Emerging Markets for the fourth consecutive year, driven by its sustainability strategy, SeaChange®.
Additionally, in May, Thai Union won six major awards at the 17th annual Asia’s Best Managed Companies survey by FinanceAsia, ranking first in:
- Best managed companies in Thailand;
- Best CEO in Thailand;
- Best CFO in Thailand;
- Most committed to corporate governance in Thailand;
- Best at corporate social responsibility in Thailand and;
- Best at investor relations in Thailand.
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ABOUT THAI UNION PCL
Thai Union Group PCL is the world’s seafood leader bringing high quality, healthy, tasty and innovative seafood products to customers across the world for almost 40 years.
Today, Thai Union is regarded as the world’s largest producer of shelf-stable tuna products with annual sales exceeding THB 125 billion (US$ 3.7 billion) and a global workforce of over 46,000 people who are dedicated to pioneering sustainable, innovative seafood products.
The company’s global brand portfolio includes market-leading international brands such as Chicken of the Sea, John West, Petit Navire, Parmentier, Mareblu, King Oscar, and Rügen Fisch and Thai-leading brands SEALECT, Fisho, Bellotta and Marvo.
As a company committed to innovation and globally responsible behavior, Thai Union is proud to be a member of the United Nations Global Compact, and a founding member of the International Seafood Sustainability Foundation (ISSF). In 2015, Thai Union introduced its SeaChange® sustainability strategy. Thai Union’s on-going work on sustainability issues was recognized by its inclusion in the Dow Jones Sustainability Index Emerging Markets (DJSI) in 2014. In 2017, Thai Union was named to the DJSI for the fourth consecutive year. Thai Union has also been included in the FTSE4Good Emerging Index.
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