Governance Overview
Current Chairmanship
The Chairmanship of the ACMM Board of Directors follows the **annual ASEAN Chairmanship cycle**. The ASEAN Member State serving as ASEAN Chair for the current cycle provides the authorized representative who chairs the ACMM Board of Directors and guides priority implementation in consultation with the Secretariat and Member States.
Institutional Brief
Current chairmanship highlights
- Chairmanship basis
- Rotates in line with the annual ASEAN Chairmanship cycle
- Institutional role
- Chairs Board meetings, confirms agenda priorities, and steers implementation of endorsed work plans
- Reporting focus
- Governance continuity, policy direction, and follow-up on agreed regional cooperation programmes
- Secretariat support
- Agenda preparation, coordination, minutes, and implementation monitoring by the ACMM Secretariat
BOD
Chairperson
Current leadership profile
ThailandLt. Gen. Somchai Rattanakul
Operational military medicine, strategic planning
bod-thailand@acmm.asean.orgWhere officially cleared for publication, the public profile of the current Chairmanship may include the Chairperson's name, appointment, term of service, and a short institutional biography.
Profile Reference
Official public profile
- Name
- Maj. Gen. Anousone Keoboualapha *(illustrative sample)*
- Country
- Lao PDR
- Role
- Chairperson
- Official Email
- bod-thailand@acmm.asean.org
- Phone
- +66 2 475 2600
- +66 81 000 1000
- Expertise
- Operational military medicine, strategic planning
- Appointment
- Chairperson of the ACMM Board of Directors
- Term
- 2024 – 2025
- Public profile note
- Senior military medical leader supporting regional policy coordination, endorsed work plan follow-up, and Secretariat-level governance consultation