Speaker Profile:

Wayne Williams is Chief Financial Officer for the Minor Hotel Group, the Hotel Division of the Thai Listed company Minor International. 

He has more than 20 years' experience working in Thailand and has been with Minor International for more than 18 years. In that time the Hotel Group has grown from having 10 hotels, to now having over 560 hotels in more than 58 countries with a turnover in excess of USD$5billion last year.

Prior to joining Minor, Wayne held a number of senior finance roles in hotels and hospitality businesses in Thailand, Australia and the Pacific. 

Wayne was previously President of the Australian-Thai Chamber of Commerce in Thailand and was a member of the Thailand Board of Trade.

He is currently Vice President of the Advance Australia Council of Thailand and is a Board member of the Hands Across the Water charity foundation.

An Austcham Presidents Award winner in 2024, he was not only voted by peers in 2023 as a Top 10 Global CFO in the annual Icon Awards in the US, but his hotel team won the Global Finance Team of the year in 2024.

A Commerce graduate from the University of Queensland, he has been Australian CPA certified for over 20 years.