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David  Lyman

Position:  Chairman & Chief Values Officer

Nationality:  American

Languages:  English
Academic Qualifications:
  • 1974, Certificate, Parker School of Foreign and Comparative Law, Columbia University, New York, New York, U.S.A.
  • 1965, J.D., Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, California, U.S.A.
  • 1960, Certificate, U.S. Naval Submarine School (Officers Basic Course), New London, Connecticut, U.S.A.
  • 1958, B.S.E.E., Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, U.S.A.
  • 1952-1954, Diploma, Ecole International de Geneve, Geneva, Switzerland
  • 1950-1952, Highclere School, Kodaikanal, South India, India

Professional Qualifications:

  • 1967, Legal Consultant, Thailand
  • 1965, Admitted to practice law, California, U.S.A.

Employment:

  • 2004-present, Chairman and Chief Values Officer, Tilleke & Gibbins International Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand
  • 2003-2004, Chairman and Senior Partner, Tilleke & Gibbins International Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand
  • 2000-2003, Director and Senior Partner, Tilleke & Gibbins International Ltd., Bangkok, Thailand
  • 1984-2000, Senior Partner, Tilleke & Gibbins R.O.P., Bangkok, Thailand
  • 1967-1984, Legal Consultant, Tilleke & Gibbins R.O.P., Bangkok, Thailand
  • 1965-1967, practicing attorney in law firms of Fitzsimmons & Petris, then Lempres & Seyranian, both of Oakland, California, U.S.A.
  • 1958-1967, U.S. Navy - Minesweepers (1958-59) and Submarines (1960-67) (Active and Reserve), LCDR USNR-SS

Positions Held in Business, Government, and Professional Organizations (selected):

  • World Economic Forum, Programme Fellow, 1992-1995, and Member, Davos Group, Initiative on Anti-Corruption Standards for Global Business, 1995-2005, Governor, Professional Services Group
  • Lex Mundi, Director, Executive Committee Member, 1989-1991
  • International Chamber of Commerce, Member, Standing Committee on Extortion and Bribery, 1996-present
  • ICC Thailand National Chapter, Founder Board Member, 1999-present; Chairman, Task Force on Corporate Governance and Anti-Corruption, 2001-present
  • Joint Foreign Chambers of Commerce in Thailand Working Group, Chairman, 1987-1990, Secretary, 1982-1987
  • Foreign Chambers of Commerce in Thailand - Chairman, Law Change Project for the Prime Minister, 1992
  • American Chamber of Commerce in Thailand (AmCham), 1974-2001 Governor; 1974, 1983-1985, Honorary Secretary, Vice President; 1975, 1986 President
  • Creator of AmCham's Environmental Council, 1992
  • Director, Thai Board of Trade, 1975, 1986
  • Asia-Pacific Council of American Chambers of Commerce, Vice Chairman 1975-1977 (Taxation), 1985-1989 (Americans Abroad) and 1992-1993 (Environment), and Director, 1975, 1986
  • Chairman, King Bhumibol Rama IX Park U.S. Geodesic Dome Pavilion Committee, 1987
  • Thailand Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, Secretary General, 1997-2001
  • Thailand Business Council for Sustainable Development, Founder Member, 1993-2000
  • Mekong Region Law Center, Advisory Board Member, 1995-present
  • Thailand Business Coalition on AIDS, Founder Member, 1994-present
  • AmCham-U.S. Embassy Environmental Business Exchange, Founder, 1993-1996
  • Thailand Board of Investment Environmental Study Advisory Committee, 1993
  • Appointed by the Prime Minister as a founding member of his Foreign Investment Advisory Council, 1975
  • National Association of Underwater Instructors, Divemaster

Membership in Professional Organizations (selected):

  • State Bar of California
  • American Bar Association
  • American Society of International Law
  • International Bar Association
  • The Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
  • Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Thai)
  • Thai Institute of Directors
  • Advisory Board, International Crisis Group, 2003-present
  • Commission on Environmental Law (CEL) of the IUCN The World Conservation Union
  • Lex Mundi
  • Pacific Rim Advisory Council
  • TAGLaw (Co-Chair, Firm & Practice Management Group, 2004-)
  • World Services Group

Principal Directorships (selected):

  • Triumph International (Thailand) Limited
  • Body Fashion (Thailand) Limited

Honors (selected):

  • Member, Panel of Judges, Final Round, The Second Annual AMCHAM CSR Excellence Awards, 2008
  • Certificate of Appreciation, American Chamber of Commerce in Thailand on the occasion of "50 Years of American Business in Thailand", 2006
  • "Boss of the Year - 1997", Women Secretaries' Association of Thailand, 1997
  • Honorary Member, Beta Gamma Sigma/Graduate Business School Honor Society, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., 1995
  • Certificate of Achievement, Prime Minister of Thailand as Chairman of the Board of Investment, 1990, 1992
  • Distinguished Service Award (the first granted), American Chamber of Commerce in Thailand, 1990
  • Certificate of Appreciation, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1987
  • Paul Harris Fellow (Rotary International), 1987

Authorship (selected):

  • Speaker, Opening Plenary Session: "Combating Corruption in Business Transactions", Fighting Corruption in Asia-Pacific: Strategies for Business, Government and Civil Society, 6th Regional Anti-Corruption Conference for Asia and the Pacific organized by the Asian Development Bank/Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Anti-Corruption Initiative for Asia and the Pacific, Singapore, November 26-28, 2008.
  • Supervised the writing and updating of "An Overview of Thailand's Anti-Corruption Legislation" (written by Karsta Straub in 2004, first update by Titirat Wattanachewanopakorn in February 2007, second update by Titirat Wattanachewanopakorn and Clemence Gautier in September 2008).
  • "Yesteryear - Bangkok in 1956: What Life Was Like When AMCHAM Thailand Was Born", reproduction in book form of presentation at the American Chamber of Commerce's 50th Anniversary Luncheon on April 26, 2006, published January 2007
  • (With Kasemsit Pathomsak, Vice Chairman, ICC Thailand), "Thailand's Coup - Reflections on the Recent Events", ICC Thailand Statement, Bangkok, September 29, 2006
  • "Lyman's Laws for Lawyers (and everybody else, too!)", published in Bangkok, Thailand, ISBN 974-97457-5-5, August 2006; 2nd printing 2007
  • (With John Fotiadis, Cynthia Pornavalai, Noppramart Prasitmonthon, Pascale Prud'homme, Piyanuj Ratprasatporn, Pimvimol Vipamaneerut and Dussadee Rattanopas), contributed to "Doing Business in 2006: Creating Jobs", a co-publication of the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation, September 2005
  • (With John Fotiadis, Noppramart Prasitmonthon, Pascale Prud'homme, and Piyanuj Ratprasatporn), contributed to "Doing Business: Protecting Investors", a publication of the World Bank, International Finance Corporation and Lex Mundi, September 2005
  • Contributed "Anti-Corruption Materials" for the Foreign Correspondents Club of Thailand (FCCT) Panel Discussion: "The Corruption Conundrum: Fight It or Tolerate It?", Bangkok, August 10, 2005
  • (With Liza S. Leung and with credits to Karsta Straub), "Country Bulletin For Thailand" published by TRACE International Inc., January 19, 2005
  • (With John Fotiadis, Thawat Damsa-ard, Cynthia Pornavalai, Noppramart Prasitmonthon, Pascale Prud'homme, Piyanuj Ratprasatporn, Anongporn Thanachaiary and Pimvimol Vipamaneerut), contributed to "Doing Business in 2005: Removing Obstacles to Growth", a co-publication of the World Bank, the International Finance Corporation and Oxford University Press, September 2004
  • "Money Laundering" (written for the ICC's Anti-Corruption Commission "Fighting Corruption"), April 2003
  • "Anti-Corruption Legislation in Thailand: An Overview for Foreign Investors" (co-author), Thailand Legal Basics, Tilleke & Gibbins International Ltd., June 2003
  • "Anti-Counterfeiting Campaigns: Strategies for Thailand" (with Edward J. Kelly). Presented by Edward Kelly at The Anti-Counterfeiting Group's Autumn Conference, Warwickshire, England, October 8-13, 2001. Also posted on Mondaq.com on December 3, 2001, and LawFuel.com, Issue 6, February 2002. Published in Asian IP Magazine, March 2002
  • "Money Laundering" (written for the ICC's Standing Committee on Extortion and Bribery "Corporate Practices Manual on Extortion and Bribery"), June 1998
  • "Ecotourism, Its Future in Southeast Asia", Private Sector Salute to ASEAN, 1997
  • "Corruption Faced by the Business World: A Primer", presented at the World Economic Forum 1996 Annual Meeting, Davos, Switzerland, and The Centre for Applied Ethics, Hong Kong Baptist University, 1996
  • "Should Business in Asia Concern Itself with National and International Environmental Laws?", 1st UNEP Global 500 Conference, 1995
  • "Thailand: The Environment and the Law" (co-author), Tilleke & Gibbins, 1994
  • "A Primer on Civil Litigation in Thailand" (co-author), Tilleke & Gibbins, 1994
  • "Trademark Anti-Counterfeiting: New Strategies for Thailand" (co-author), INTERPOL (International Criminal Police Organization), 1994
  • "Thailand: New Strategies to Tackle Trademark Infringement", IP Asia, June 1993
  • "Thailand Business Basics" (co-author), 1991, 1993
  • "Thailand Law Change Project" for Prime Minister Anand Panyarachun - project organizer, editor, coordinator, author, 1991

Guest Speaker (selected):

  • "Lyman's Laws for Lawyers", presentation at the Annual General Meeting of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Bangkok, November 27, 2007.
  • "Reflections of Bangkok in the 1950s", Rotary Club of Bangkok, November 15, 2007.
  • "Lifting the Rug", Rotary Club of Bangkok South, November 9, 2007.
  • "The Role of Lawyers in Preventing and Combating Corruption within the Justice System", Moderator and Panelist - International Law Firms and Other International Legal Professionals, Anti-Corruption Seminar organized by the Lawyers Council of Thailand and the American Bar Association, Asia Law Initiative, Bangkok, February 20, 2007
  • Panelist, "Foreign Business Act 360 Degrees: The Diverse Perspective", International Chamber of Commerce Thailand Panel Discussion, Bangkok, January 29, 2007
  • "Yesteryear - Bangkok in 1956: What was it like when AMCHAM Thailand was founded?" presentation at the American Chamber of Commerce's 50th Anniversary Luncheon, April 26, 2006
  • "Business Ethics: An Asian Perspective", paper presented at a meeting of the Global Executive MBA Class of Duke University's Fuqua School of Business, Bangkok, February 22, 2006
  • Keynote speaker, Thailand Regional Forum - Foreign Corrupt Practices Legislation: doing business within the law ("The Big Picture: OECD"), organized by Dataconsult, Bangkok, Thailand, March 24, 2005
  • Anti-Corruption Session, World Economic Forum Amman Meeting, Amman, Jordan, June 2003
  • Chairman, Money Laundering 2003: The New Global Regime, conference organized by Foulds Ingham Limited (London), Bangkok, February 26-28, 2003
  • "How to Achieve a Successful Working Partnership", The Asia Business Forum Conference on Executive Secretaries and Personal Assistants, Bangkok, Thailand, October 9, 2002
  • "List of Directors' and Managers' Criminal Liability Laws ", Thailand Corporate Finance Forum, Directors' and Officers' Liability: The Risks and How to Mitigate Them, organized by Dataconsult, Bangkok, May 23, 2002
  • "How Foolish Was I to Become a Director of a Thai Company?", Directors Certification Program, Thai Institute of Directors Association, September 7, 2001
  • "Intellectual Property Rights in the New (Indian) Economy", World Economic Forum's India Economic Summit 2000, New Delhi, India, November 27, 2000
  • "Enhancing Investment Attractiveness in GMS Countries: Private Sector Point of View", Meeting of the GMS Business Forum Plus, Bangkok, October 4, 2000
  • "Understanding Your Boss's Needs - A Boss's Perspective", The Asia Business Forum Conference on Executive Secretaries and Personal Assistants, Bangkok, Thailand, 2000
  • "Rising Exposure of Directors and Officers and Protection Against Civil Liability", Conference on Good Corporate Governance, Bangkok, Thailand, 1998
  • "Ecotourism, Its Future in Southeast Asia", Private Sector Salute to ASEAN, 1997
  • "Corruption in the Business World in Asia", Wharton School of Finance, International Forum, 1997
  • "Corruption in Thailand", International Anti-Corruption Conference, Lima, Peru, 1997
  • "Corruption Faced by the Business World: A Primer", Hong Kong Baptist University, 1996
  • World Economic Forum, Europe/East Asia Economic Summit, Moderator, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
  • CNN, CNBC, BBC, Tilleke & Gibbins' Museum of Counterfeit Goods, 1993, 1994, 1996
  • "Corruption at the Highest Levels", Panelist, World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, 1996
  • "Legal and Practical Constraints of Transnational Strategizing", INFOCUS, The Greater Mekong Sub-Regional Growth Summit, 1995
  • "Should Business in Asia Concern Itself with National and International Environmental Laws?", 1st Global 500 (UNEP) Forum, International Conference Towards Corporate Environmental Excellence: Challenges and Opportunities in Asia-Pacific, 1995
  • "Business Ethics & Consumer Choice", International Herald Tribune, Asia & The Pacific: Merging Business & The Environment Conference, 1994
  • "What's Missing Is Business", International Herald Tribune, Asia & The Pacific: Merging Business & The Environment Conference, 1992

Publicity & Interviews (selected):

Other Activities (selected):

  • The Tilleke & Gibbins Textile Collection, Creator, 1989-present
  • The Tilleke & Gibbins Museum of Counterfeit Goods, Creator, 1989-present
  • Tilleke & Gibbins Second Hundred Years Forest Project, Creator, 1993-present
  • King Bhumibol (Rama IX) Park - U.S. Geodesic Dome Botanical Pavilion, Chairman, 1987-1988
  • Community Services of Bangkok, Co-founder 1985, Acting President 1986, Vice President 1986-1987, Advisory Board Member 1995
  • Listed in "Who's Who in the World" (the Marquis Who's Who), 1986-present
  • Listed in "Who's Who in the Asia-Pacific" (Barrons Who's Who), 1993-present

Practice Areas:  Management, Client Relations and Development, Commercial Law, Corporate Law, Investment Law

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(November 2008)     
 

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