Kitchai is a seasoned petroleum engineer with over 30 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. He holds a BEng degree in Petroleum Engineering and an MBA. Kitchai's expertise spans green and brownfield development management, onshore and offshore operations leadership, organisational capability management, development planning coordination, corporate strategy, and decision analysis.
Since August 2017, he has been with PTT Exploration and Production Public Company Limited, where he held various roles, including Senior Vice President for Thai Offshore Asset, Head of Corporate Strategy Division, and Project Head of G1/G2 Asset Transition Project—the first PSC in Thailand. Before this, from 2005 to 2017, Kitchai worked at Chevron Thailand Exploration and Production Ltd and Asia South Business Unit, holding several leadership positions in Asset Management, including General Manager of Reservoir Management, Organisational Capability, and Technical Management.