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)
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Australia: Toni Makkai
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Bangladesh: Haq M Saidul
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China: Weidong Wang
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Cyprus: Panayiotis Panayiotou
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Hong Kong: Edward Tai
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India: Shalinder Mahajan
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Indonesia: Hasanuddin Ali
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Iran: Amir Farmanesh
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Iraq: Munqith Dagher
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Israel: Yariv Tsfati
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Japan: Tadahiko Maeda
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Korea: Yun-Suk Lee
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Malaysia: Syed Arabi Idid
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Myanmar: Htun Htun Oo
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Nepal: Jui Shrestha
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Pakistan: Ijaz Gilani
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Philippines: Gerardo (Jay) Sandoval
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Qatar: Noora Ahmed Lari
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Russia: Yulia Baskakova
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Singapore: Chan-Hoong Leong
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Sri Lanka: Pradeep Peiris
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Taiwan: Eric Yu
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Thailand: Thawilwadee Bureekul
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Turkey: Bulent Kilincarslan
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United Arab Emirates: Titiana Karabchuk
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United Kingdom: Colin Irwin
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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