Thai Union CEO Chansiri Honored With Lifetime Achievement Award

Thiraphong Chansiri, CEO of Thai Union, received the Global Seafood Alliance’s Wallace R. Stevens Lifetime Achievement Award for three decades of leadership that helped build Thai Union into the world’s largest tuna producer. The award was presented earlier this week at the Responsible Seafood Summit 2026 in Bangkok. For Thailand, the award is international recognition of a business leader who helped build a domestic seafood processor into one of the industry’s largest companies. Thiraphong led that growth while raising standards for traceability, worker welfare, and environmental responsibility, read a statement from Thai Union.

Chansiri, who focused on sustainability during his speech at the event, said that Thai Union had no blueprint when it started its sustainability journey. “We simply decided that a company our size could not stand on the sidelines, and over time we became a force for change. My hope for the next generation is that they can build on what we started and take it even further.” The Wallace R. Stevens Lifetime Achievement Award, established in 2004, recognizes individuals whose leadership, integrity, and commitment to responsible production have advanced the seafood industry worldwide.