Chair

Amanda Rasmussen – Chief Operating Officer, Indo Trans Corp (ITL)

Amanda Rasmussen is the Chief Operating Officer of ITL Corp, a leading logistics and supply chain company in Vietnam and one of VNR’s TOP 50 Best companies and TOP 500 Biggest companies in Vietnam for the 12^th consecutive year. ITL is a leading regional solutions provider of Aviation, Integrated Logistics, Warehousing, Freight Management, Customs and Distributions services in Vietnam and Indochina. ITL is also a leader in international and domestic eCommerce and express logistics solutions in Vietnam and operating 12 joint venture, agent or other companies and brands under the ITL portfolio in Indochina, with 2 more launches planned in 2019.

Today, ITL has 1,800+ employees with more than 70 branch offices and distribution centers in Vietnam along with offices in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Singapore and Thailand.

Amanda has 20+ years’ experience in logistics, transportation and supply chain management, having held previous roles in DHL, Maersk, Damco and running her own logistics and supply chain training and consulting company until a successful sale.

Amanda is married with one child and has lived and worked in Vietnam since January 2003 and is the newly elected Chairwoman of Amcham Ho Chi Minh City in 2019. In addition to the Amcham Board of Governors, Amanda is the previous Chair of the Logistics and Supply Chain Sector Committee and a sitting Board of Governor since 2016.

Born in the U.S., Amanda has an MBA in International Business Systems from Loyola Marymount University and a BA from the University of Tennessee.

Co-Chair

Minh Nguyen – Country Manager, Vietnam, Aetna International

Minh Nguyen oversees the Vietnam market for Aetna International in Asia Pacific.  In this role, she is responsible for managing relations with fronting partner and reinsurance companies, ensuring operational excellence, ensuring that international standards are provided to valued customers, exploring new market segments and overseeing business operations nationwide.  An Aetna employee since 2015, she was previously with AIG (American International Group) for nearly a decade. With her broad experience and expertise, Minh is a proven leader and strategic thinker.

Aetna is a Fortune 50 company and one of the five largest health insurers in the United States, providing 46.7 million people with coverage as well as information and resources to help them make better informed decisions about their healthcare. CVS is the largest pharmacy health care provider in the U.S, with integrated offerings across the spectrum of pharmacy care, serving 5 million customers served by CVS every day. The recent merger of CVS Health and Aetna will have US$260 billion in annual sales, making it the second largest corporation in the US and the seventh largest corporation in the world by revenue.

Aetna continues to rapidly expand across Asia, most recently by licensing in Hong Kong in 2018 and acquiring Bupa Thailand in 2017, as well as launching its Asian Innovation Hub in Singapore in 2016, which seeks to develop region-specific health solutions tailored for local markets in Asia. Vietnam is the fasting growing insurance market in the world and has one of the fastest growing ultra-high net worth (UHNW) population . We have the ambitious vision to make Vietnam into a market with new and unique health cover options which go ‘broader and deeper’ into the local health care market,bringing high quality and affordable healthcare to many more Vietnamese.

Co-Chair

Simon Bartholomaus (Joanie) – Economic Officer, U.S. Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City

Joanie is an Economic Officer with the U.S. Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City, where she focuses on issues related to energy, intellectual property, cyber, and labor.  Prior to working in Vietnam, she served as the Chief of Staff at the U.S. Embassy in Kabul, Afghanistan, planned and executed international travel for the Secretary of State with the State Department’s Executive Secretariat, and supported the Special Representative for Afghanistan and Pakistan.  She also served at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, China and handled trade and investment issues from the India Desk in Washington, DC.  Prior to joining the State Department, Joanie worked at a ski resort in Sweden and a winery in her home state, Washington.  Joanie is a graduate of Santa Clara University where she played rugby, and has a JD from University of Minnesota.  Her golden retriever Widget has lived with her in China and now Vietnam.