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THE STAFF
The Director of Studies and a partner in the Maekok River Village Resort project. He is currently vice-principal of Hong Kong Island School. An Oxford graduate with a degree in geography, he studied at the universities of London & Hong Kong and was head of geography at Island School before taking up his present position. Over the past 20 years he has led student field trips to China, Nepal, India, Thailand, Russia, Canada and Switzerland. He has been conducting environmental studies trips to Chiang Mai for the past 16 years. His geography textbooks have been well received and are currently in use in over 70% of Hong Kong's schools. Keen on physical fitness, Bryan is an accomplished competitive rower. Rose Massingham Rose has a degree in history and a keen interest in La Na Thai history, and the numerous ethnic minority groups that are more populous in the Ban Thaton area than they are anywhere else in Thailand. She is currently acting head of History at Shatin College Hong Kong. Sripun Beary As the General Manager Maekok River Village Resort & Track of the Tiger Tours, she handles the day to day running and upkeep of the Student Field Studies Centre. Khun Sripun has a degree in Business Administration from Payap University, and a keen interest in Buddhist studies and organic farming. Shane K Beary The Managing Director of the Maekok River Village Resort project and Track of the Tiger Tours. He also oversees the outdoor activities of the student centre and the corporate development facility. He is an Irish national who grew up in southern Africa. He served in the then Rhodesia Army for 7 years, first as a combat tracker for the RLI, then as a 'C' Squadron SAS, and later as a clandestine operative. He is also and was one of the founding members of the Selous Scouts Regiment. Leaving the military he spent some 8 years a deep saturation oil field diver in the north sea before moving to Asia where he supervised oilfield diving contracts on and offshore for several companies. He established Track of the Tiger Tours in 1986, built Maekok River Lodge in 1990, and more recently designed and built the Maekok River Village Resort. He lives on site at the resort with his wife Sripun and their two boys Seamus Padraig & Conor Eugene. Stuart Blott and Lindsey Pang Assist in managing the Student Centre. Both recently graduated from Oxford Brookes University, with degrees in Business and Management and Business and Tourism Management repectively. Ekkaphan 'Otto' Hirancoop Manages the 'Bamboo Man Adventure Club'. He has a diploma in tourism from Williams Business College Australia. He is a qualified rock climbing and abseil instructor, canoeing instructor, scuba diving instructor and is a keen martial artist. He instructs on the above as well as on survival techniques, paramedics and water sports. His secondary role is that of liason between the government, the village headmen and ourselves on community development related projects. The Management is ably supported by the Heads of Department and 50 staff of the Maekok River Village Resort. Further support comes from the full resources of Track of the Tiger Tours and a very experienced compliment of registered tour guides, all of whom have been with the company for 10 years or more.
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