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This event is closed for online bookings.  Our next available Governors' Table event is on November 26 at Sindhorn Kempinski.

AMCHAM invites you to join us for our twelfth Governors' Table in 2020, hosted by Greg Bastien of American Axle & Manufacturing and Jeff Lehrmann of Chevron.

Our Governors' Tables offer an opportunity to connect to leading executives and AMCHAM Board Governors over leisurely dinners in unique dinner venues around Bangkok. The small group size allows for individual introductions followed by relaxed, wide-ranging conversations with leaders from diverse industries and businesses.

This evening’s venue is the Celadon Restaurant at Sukhothai Hotel, featuring exceptional Thai food in a traditional Thai setting surrounded by lily ponds and gardens.

About your hosts:

Gregory Bastien has served as Managing Director of American Axle & Manufacturing, Rayong, Thailand for eight years. In this time he has grown the business within Thailand to include extensive localization of all product needed to support and vertically integrate the business within Thailand.  Additionally, the business has grown from supporting one OEM to two OEMs within Thailand and exports to four other continents. Prior to this, Greg was the Managing Director of AAM’s operations in Curitiba, Brazil, during which time the business expanded extensively to support local growth and international customers located in Argentina, Mexico, and Germany.  Before joining American Axle & Manufacturing 19 years ago, Greg served in the U.S. Military for ten years, leaving the service as a Captain. He graduated from the United States Military Academy, West Point, NY with a Bachelor’s Degree in Aerospace Engineering and a MBA from Spring Arbor University.

Jeff Lehrmann is the Managing Director of Chevron’s Asia South business.  As managing director, he is responsible for upstream operations in four countries: Bangladesh, China, Myanmar and Thailand.  Jeff was previously Executive Director of Chevron’s Indonesia business and President of Chevron Canada.  He holds a bachelor’s degree in Petroleum Engineering from Texas A&M University. He and his wife Cindy have four children, three daughters-in-law, and one grandchild.