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Leadership

Executive Committee of the Council

President: Jibum Kim (2022/1/1-2023/12/31)
Vice President & President-Elect: Linda Luz B. Guerrero (2022/1/1-2023/12/31, 2024/1/1-2025/12/31)
Past President: Yashwant Deshmukh (2020/1/1-2021/12/31)
Secretary-Treasurar: Eric Yu (2018/1/1-2023/12/31)
Conference Chair: Holli Semetko (2022/1/1-2023/12/31)
Liaison Chair: Haq M Saidul (2022/1/1-2023/12/31)

Advisory Board
Robert Chung (past president, 2018/1/1-2019/12/31)
Mahar Mangahas
Ijaz Gilani
Takashi Inoguchi
Syed Arabi Idid

Other Members of the Council

(Local Representatives for 2020-2021, arranged in alphabetical order of country/region names)

  1. Australia: Toni Makkai

  2. Bangladesh: Haq M Saidul

  3. China: Weidong Wang

  4. Cyprus: Panayiotis Panayiotou

  5. Hong Kong: Edward Tai

  6. India: Shalinder Mahajan

  7. Indonesia: Hasanuddin Ali

  8. Iran: Amir Farmanesh

  9. Iraq: Munqith Dagher

  10. Israel: Yariv Tsfati

  11. Japan: Tadahiko Maeda

  12. Korea: Yun-Suk Lee

  13. Malaysia: Syed Arabi Idid

  14. Myanmar: Htun Htun Oo

  15. Nepal: Jui Shrestha

  16. Pakistan: Ijaz Gilani

  17. Philippines: Gerardo (Jay) Sandoval

  18. Qatar: Noora Ahmed Lari

  19. Russia: Yulia Baskakova

  20. Singapore: Chan-Hoong Leong

  21. Sri Lanka: Pradeep Peiris

  22. Taiwan: Eric Yu

  23. Thailand: Thawilwadee Bureekul

  24. Turkey: Bulent Kilincarslan

  25. United Arab Emirates: Titiana Karabchuk

  26. United Kingdom: Colin Irwin

  27. United States Of America: Holli Semeko

Appointments Made by the President According to the Constitution

Electoral Committee (2020)

Chair: Robert Chung

Members: Yashwant Deshmukh & Jibum Kim

WAPOR Asia Lifetime Achievement Award Selection Committee (2020)

Chair: Yashwant Deshmukh (ex officio, WAPOR Asia President)

Members: Jibum Kim (ex officio, WAPOR Asia Vice President), Robert Chung (ex officio, WAPOR Asia Past President), Holli Semetko, Colin Irwin

WAPOR Asia Annual Conference Committee (2020)

Chair: Syed Arabi Idid

Co-Chair: Holli Semetko (ex officio, WAPOR Asia Conference Committee Chair)

Members: Pending

Conference Committee (2020)

Chair: Holli Semetko

Members: Pending

Media Committee (2020)

Chair: Shiv Sehgal

Members: Pending

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