Remote Lands
Luxury Bespoke Travel to Asia & Private Jet Journeys.
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Key Staff
Catherine Evans Heald, Co-Founder & CEO
In her 22-year career, Catherine has founded and run four companies in New York, Hong Kong, China, San Francisco and Los Angeles, including two travel software companies. Wanderlust, her second company, licensed the popular Pink Panther character from MGM/UA. She took the company public on NASDAQ in 1996 - Silicon Alley's first IPO. She lived in Asia for seven years and has visited over 100 countries. more >>
Jay Tindall, Co-Founder & COO
(Bangkok Office)
A four-time entrepreneur, Jay has been working and traveling internationally for the past 20 years, doing business in 50 countries throughout Asia/Pacific, Africa, Europe and South America. He lived in Hong Kong for seven years where he founded and ran Orientation.com, a multilingual Internet portal network in 35 countries and 17 languages. more >>
Mark J. Holtzman, CFO & Board Member
Mark has over twenty years of experience in financial management and administration, and was previously the CFO of Webvan, where he helped grow the company to over $400M in revenue, serving ten markets with 5,000 employees. Prior to Webvan, Mark was Group Controller at MicroAge, overseeing finance administration for this Fortune 500 company with $5B in revenue. more >>
Bruce Lazarus, Director of Marketing
A native New Yorker, Bruce brings his 25-year history in the art world to Remote Lands and its clients, many, if not most of whom are avid art collectors or connoisseurs. After earning a degree in Art History from the University of Pennsylvania, Bruce worked at Sotheby's, at fine art galleries such as Hirschl and Adler on Madison Avenue, and founded his own Seven Seas Gallery in Nantucket.more >>
Audrey Luk, Asia Travel Writer
After graduating from the University of California at Berkeley, Audrey relocated to Hong Kong, a move that launched her journalism career and afforded her ample travel opportunities. As a writer, Audrey has been published in The Los Angeles Times, Time Europe, Time Asia, South China Morning Post, ArtAsiaPacific, Dynasty, Silkroad and Cover. She has also been a reviews editor at ArtAsiaPacific and an assistant editor at Nihao magazine.
Piyamat Rueangnoi, Senior Travel Coordinator
(Bangkok Office)
After working with two of the largest travel outfitters in Southeast Asia, Piyamat is an expert on travel in the region. She got her start in the travel industry at IBN Group (Thaifly.com), then moved on to work with Exotissimo, a large firm based in Saigon that was the first foreign company to be granted a tourism-operating license in Vietnam. As a travel consultant at Exotissimo, Piyamat honed her skills designing custom journeys.
Kristin Miller, Asia Travel Writer
Kristin spent four years as an assistant editor at Condé Nast Traveler, where she helped to plan features on destinations worldwide. She went on to publish daily insights on the travel industry as the blogger for Travelistic.com, a travel-video portal. Her work has also appeared in Condé Nast Traveler, Print and I.D. Kristin is a graduate of the University of Chicago, has lived in France and Hong Kong, and traveled throughout Europe and Asia.
Ian McLaughlin, Finance
Ian comes to Remote Lands by way of the UK where he studied for his ACCA certificate at Newport Business School. Ian was previously on staff as an accountant / bookkeeper with HV Consulting. Prior to moving to New York, Ian worked for three years as an accountant / bookkeeper with WynThomasGordonLewis Limited, a privately owned town planning and design consultancy based in the UK.
Skymoon Ventures
Skymoon Ventures Skymoon Ventures is a California-based venture capital firm founded by serial entrepreneur Dr. Mike Farmwald, co-founder of Rambus Inc., a leading chip technology developer, and a venture partner of Benchmark Capital. more >>