Kevin Whitcraft
Chief Executive Officer, RMA Group
Executive Director Clipper Board Holdings Limited
Kevin Whitcraft is an influential figure in the automotive, equipment, and distribution sectors in Southeast Asia. In the early 1990s, he expanded RMA Group beyond Thailand and established RMA Cambodia, which grew to become the largest automotive, agricultural and industrial equipment distribution, sales and service business in the country.
Under Kevin’s leadership, RMA’s vehicle modification and parts distribution and fleet operations grew rapidly in the 2000s. RMA established itself as a top ten supplier to the US Army’s TACOM, delivering over 43,000 modified vehicles to the Afghan National Security Forces.
Kevin took RMA’s manufacturing facilities beyond Thailand to Turkey, Indonesia, Myanmar, South Africa, Australia and Dubai. To date RMA has delivered over 300,000 vehicles globally, including the fulfilment of long-term contracts with the United Nations, NGO’s and Governments.
Ford Global Fleet Sales headquartered in the US, cemented itself as Ford’s Global Export Distributor. It has access to nearly Ford’s entire product line and access to over 100 markets.
Kevin has been instrumental in expanding the business to include engineering operations (Comin Asia), heavy and agricultural equipment distribution, food franchising of well-known international food brands and food delivery (Express Food Group), and financial services (Bank South Pacific and DEVCO).
Kevin is a graduate of the American University in Washington and Harvard Business School.
