ABOUT US

East meets West

Khun Sannit (Pom) and Shelagh are two likeminded business ladies. They are highly professional, with a wealth of experience and knowledge in the medical, health, spa and retail business. Both have worked in Asia and Europe for many years.

They met at a local beach restaurant and immediately clicked and became firm friends. They both realized they had common ideas and the same purpose in life, to help keep the coconut trees, put something back into the community and keep traditional family values alive. Also to have a rewarding, fulfilling life.

The magical, spiritual energy of the Island had brought them together to enable them to live their dream. Both ladies are passionate about Samui as their home and are family orientated, always there to help others in need. These ladies are well known to be caring and compassionate.

They realized a niche in the market for a complete range of spa products made on Samui. After months of planning and research they created the range.

They believe they are the first to undertake a project such as this.  

Every detail and aspect of the business is controlled by themselves. They work with the coconut farm, control production, marketing and distribution of this completely natural range of products on Samui to selected spas, hotels, retail outlets. The customers are the residents and holiday makers on Samui. Their long term plan is to market outside of Samui to other Islands and who knows it may go worldwide!

Another goal for later in 2007 is to open a spa academy to give free education to the locals. They will receive free training in the spa business then placements to careers into the spa industry.

Khun Sannit(Pom), originally from Chonburi a charming, gentle person was one of the first professional pharmacists on the island. She has been a local resident on Samui for 18 years after moving here to live with her husband and children. Her Husband is a local with a long line of family history here in Samui. Pom graduated in Bangkok and worked for 13 years in The Red Cross Chulalongkorn Hospital, Bangkok as a pharmacist, preparing medicines. Her passion is to help others in anyway she can. A Florence Nightingale in disguise. She was awarded a scholarship from the German Government to train in advanced hospital pharmacy for 18 months. After this valuable experience she returned to Bangkok for a short while to work again in Chulalongkorn Hospital.

Her family decided to make their home on Samui, then Pom started up her own Pharmacy business, firstly in Nathon then in Chaweng” Samui Pharmacy”. She loves to give advice about health and natural remedies and has helped many tourists, especially from Germany with advice on health and what medicines are the best ones for their ailment. As a German speaker many tourists coming to Samui in the early 80’s heard of Pom and sought her out at her pharmacy in Chaweng for honest, helpful advice on medication, especially as many could not speak Thai or English. Still she has customers asking for her from those early days. Pom was a lifesaver. She has earned a reputation for her help and generosity to the local community.

Over the last few years Pom saw a decline in the demand for coconuts so tried to help by selling pure coconut oil for massage and skin care in her shop along with soaps and other beauty products made from coconut. Little did she know that she would be able to help them more once she had met Shelagh!!

Her other business here is RO Samui, the only reverse osmosis system water factory on Samui. This water has no trace of micro-organisms present and is best for your health. So you can see that health is her paramount concern with business.

After meeting Shelagh her vision became clear. As a team with Pom’s expertise in medicine and pharmaceuticals and Shelagh’s expertise in the spa, sales and marketing industry they have created Simply Samui Spa Products.

Shelagh, a lively, friendly ‘farang” made her home in Samui three years ago with her family. After having daily spa treatments she soon realized that the Thai’s are the best masseurs and with their gentle nature make excellent spa therapists.

Originally from England but living in Europe for many years has led a busy life. After graduating in London she went into Sales, Marketing and Buying within the fashion industry and worked her way up the ladder to become youngest fashion buyer for Fenwick’s, then gained much experience of customer service and man management working for Harrods as a manager. Her Father had his own printing, sales and marketing company, so she was brought up with the business.

In the late 80’s she decided to change career direction, going into Human Resources and training and help set up large corporate training programmes for the high fashion retail sector. Her passion for first-class quality in products has been very important, always working with the best to give the best. A self-motivated entrepreneur with a zest for life and challenges.

In Europe she had her own exclusive spa and catered for the high rollers. She often assisted her Husband with corporate entertainment in his luxury yacht business. They retired to Samui for a quality life and to relax. As her children were both at school Shelagh wanted to get involved with helping the community. She began by staff training in hotels and spas to improve standards and service.

Samui for her is a place of spiritual energy, a safe place to bring up her children and the future looks bright with the high end resorts coming here. Her only sadness is seeing the coconut trees diminish over the years as “The Land of Coconuts” really is a Paradise.

Through Simply Samui now Pom and Shelagh have a positive way of supporting the local farmers and keeping the traditional values strong.

They are happy to show tourists the coconut farms and the traditional cold pressed method of virgin coconut oil processing, basically, how the coconut gets from the tree into the finished product.

This is an educational method for tourists to take a part of the magic of Coconuts from Samui home with them. Every time they use our products they will have happy thoughts. Of course the local spas and hotels will benefit by using our products as they are truly natural, local and made with a true love for Samui and its future.