Adolf Antoni Klemens Knees was born upon 14 July 1946 in Kiel, Germany, to Adolf August Christian Knees and Hedwig Vinzentina Knees née Köller. After completing his master’s degree research studies, he began his profession in Aalen, Germany in 1969, as a management student at Accomplishment International, among the world’s leading makers of underwear and underclothing.
He effectively climbed the business ladder at Accomplishment International and had posts all over the world in Athens, Brisbane and Hong Kong. Some 50 years ago he was sent out to Thailand to develop a grip here in the Kingdom.
A year later on, Mr Knees was made Operations Supervisor of Accomplishment International (Thailand) Ltd. In 1978 and he continually increased to end up being a board member and Handling Director in 1986. Throughout his period he likewise established the business’s subsidiaries in Vietnam and Myanmar. After nearly 30 amazing years with Accomplishment, he retired to join his old good friend David Lyman in the latter’s leading Southeast Asian’s law office as a service specialist.
Mr Knees was most active in Thailand’s service neighborhood. In 1999 he was granted an Honorary Subscription of the GTCC, the German-Thai Chamber of Commerce (GTCC) for his contributions and active advancement of German-Thai bilateral relations. He had actually likewise acted as the chamber’s Vice President for 4 years and its President for 6 years respectively.
The 5th Asia-Pacific Conference of German Market and Trade, arranged by the German Foreign Chambers of Commerce and Delegations of German Market in Bangkok in 1994, was co-chaired by him and more than 200 choice making agents of Germany’s market from both the general public and economic sector, crowned this endeavour with a success.
He likewise served, for several years, as GTCC’s agent to the extremely effective Board of Trade of Thailand. Working along with David Lyman in 1976, had actually contributed in establishing the Foreign Investors Advisory Council which developed into today’s Joint Foreign Chambers of Commerce in Thailand (JFCCT) promoting trade and foreign financial investment in Thailand.
Some years ago Mr Knees was detected with combined dementia, ended up being bed-ridden due to epilepsy, Alzheimer’s, and Parkinson’s illness. He had actually been well looked after by his partner Suree Yodsing and his domestic assistants while David Lyman functioned as his legal guardian as so designated by the Royal Thai court.
As a wonderful and outbound person, his buddies appreciated him for his outstanding sense of humour and his sincere and down-to-Earth viewpoints. He enjoyed high-end, great red wines and comprehensive circumnavigating the world. His most preferred location was French-Polynesian Tahiti in the South Pacific and on 20 February he cruised off on a brand-new journey to a paradise someplace.
According to his dream, his funeral service was a personal affair at the Mae Phra Nitcha Nukhro Church in Rayong.
