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Leadership

The team behind Phyto-Medichem.

A focused team combining scientific expertise with commercial discipline and a shared commitment to responsible botanical research.

Leadership

Leading the team

Pornchai Padmindra

Pornchai Padmindra

Chief Executive Officer

Leads Phyto-Medichem's strategy, partnerships, and commercial development.

Brings deep industry experience in Thai botanical sciences — farmer engagement programmes with 400+ growers across Nakhon Si Thammarat, Kamphaeng Phet, and northern Thailand; government engagement on kratom as a medicinal and economic crop; and award recognition from the Department of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine.

Industry engagement

  • Keynote — Asia International Hemp Expo & Forum 2025Kratom & Beyond: Eastern plant-based medicines · November 2025
  • Kratom Updates 2025 — Bali International ConferenceSponsor and panel participant · October 2025
  • Ministerial Meeting on Kratom DevelopmentGeographical-indication protection and export strategy · September 2025
  • National Herbal Product Awards — Premium Herbal ProductsDepartment of Thai Traditional and Alternative Medicine · July 2025
Tiya Phaosawasdi

Tiya Phaosawasdi

Managing Director

Leads Phyto-Medichem's commercial performance — strategic goal-setting, team incentive structures, and the identification of new market opportunities. Tiya has built marketing programmes positioning the company's standardised botanical extracts competitively across nutraceutical, functional food, and pharmaceutical channels.

She brings over two decades of management and entrepreneurial experience, with operational, strategic, and financial leadership across both public and private sector engagements; her project management background spans healthcare services and other complex regulated industries.

Noppavee Tantisavee

Noppavee Tantisavee

Chief Financial Officer

Leads Phyto-Medichem's financial strategy and corporate development, with oversight of strategic planning, capital allocation, and partnership initiatives.

Noppavee brings more than six years in financial advisory in Thailand, with demonstrated expertise across corporate financial strategy, IPO preparation, M&A execution, valuation methodology, and debt issuance.

He holds a Bachelor of Economics from Chulalongkorn University and an International MBA from the Antai College of Economics and Management at Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Chanob Phaosawasdi

Chanob Phaosawasdi

Chief Operating Officer

Oversees Phyto-Medichem's day-to-day operations — production planning, procurement, logistics, and quality control. Chanob has built systems that reduce costs, strengthen performance, and minimise operational risk through disciplined KPI management and continuous process improvement.

With over fifteen years in operations management, warehousing, ERP systems, manufacturing, and industrial technology, he has led cross-functional teams across multiple industries, and maintains an established network within Thailand's kratom supply chain — vendors, processors, and agricultural producers — that supports sourcing, partnership development, and supply chain coordination.

Sandra Padmindra

Sandra Padmindra

International Sales Director

Leads Phyto-Medichem's global sales strategy and client management for the standardised botanical extracts portfolio.

Sandra brings a proven track record in international ingredient sales and sourcing, connecting buyers with extract specifications that meet rigorous global regulatory standards. Her focus is expanding the company's international footprint while sustaining client partnerships across nutraceutical, functional food, and pharmaceutical procurement programmes.

Science

Science & product development

Asst. Prof. Sakan Warinhomhoun, Ph.D.

Asst. Prof. Sakan Warinhomhoun, Ph.D.

Chief Science & Product Development

College of Oriental Medicine, Rangsit University

Leads Phyto-Medichem's science and product development programmes, drawing on graduate-level training in natural product chemistry and Thai traditional medicine.

Sakan holds a Bachelor of Applied Thai Traditional Medicine from the Faculty of Abhaibhubejhr Thai Traditional Medicine at Burapha University (2015), an MSc in Cosmetic Science (2017), and a PhD in Pharmacognosy (2022) from the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at Chulalongkorn University. He concurrently serves as a faculty member at the College of Oriental Medicine, Rangsit University.

His research interests centre on the isolation and purification of natural products, the pharmacological activities of Thai herbal remedies, and the development of drug delivery systems.

Pharmaceutical Sciences & Natural Products

Dr. Nacha Udomwasinakun

Dr. Nacha Udomwasinakun

Science & Product Development

Kasetsart University

Leads internal and external science communication at Phyto-Medichem, with operational responsibility as product and project manager and oversight of memoranda of understanding for clinical research collaborations.

Nacha holds both a Bachelor and a PhD in Agro-Industrial Product Development from Kasetsart University (2016 and 2023).

Her expertise centres on the development of functional foods using natural active ingredients, with particular focus on evaluating the biological activity and bioaccessibility of these components.

Functional Food Development & Bioaccessibility