Somkiat Chupukcharoen, president of Thai Subcontracting Promotion Association, died Friday in Tokyo while participating in a Thai government roadshow to promote businesses in the kingdom.
Somkiat Chupukcharoen, dies while joining a roadshow trip to Japan. (Photo from the Thai Subcontracting Promotion Association)
Somkiat, managing director of SCC Tech Co, was found dead by colleagues in his Tokyo hotel room.
He had scheduled to attend a seminar entitled "Thailand: Moving Forward to Sustainable Growth" at which Deputy Prime Minister Somkid Jatusripitak would address almost a thousand Japanese investors.
Mr Somkid led a team of ministers and businesspeople to promote Thailand as the destination for Japanese investment.
Somkiat was recognised for his role in matching small and medium-sized businesses between Thailand and Japan as the association had signed two memorandums of understanding on business partnership with automobile-parts producers in Yamanashi and Tottori prefectures.