Murray Rattana-Ngam (46) was born in Munich, Germany. He studied mechanical engineering at the University of Applied Sciences in Munich. After his studies, he started his own company and worked for more than 11 years mostly abroad. Since 2016, Mr. Rattana-Ngam has been the Managing Director in his family-owned company, a brick factory which was founded in 1898. He has also become a member of the TBE Board of Directors in 2018 and was also elected as Vice President in 2020. He is furthermore chairman of the board of the Brick and Tile Research Institute Essen (IZF) and engaged in the field of research in the brick industry.