Members of the WFA gathered in KL for the Annual General Meeting (AGM) to review the past year’s activities, challenges and major achievements. New members to the global leadership team were also elected.

Sameer Desai, Head of Consumer Healthcare, Asia, Latin America, Middle East and Africa at Mundipharma was named as Regional Vice-President for APAC and Achieng Butler, Chief Marketing Officer, Africa at Danone as Regional Vice-President for Africa.

Alongside these two appointments, new corporate members joining the board are:

• Julie Chan, Global Consumer Engagement Lead, Pfizer;
• Nicki Kenyon, VP, Digital & Marketing Transformation, APAC, Visa;
• Christian Flouch, Head of Media, Global Connections, AB InBev;
• David Oliver, Global Director, Public & Government Affairs, Mondelez;
• Emmanuelle Wargon, VP Corporate Affairs, Danone.

David Arome Okeme, President of the Nigerian Advertisers Association (ADVAN) and Ritva Hanski-Pitkakoski, Managing Director of the Finnish Advertisers Association (ML) also join the board.

The full list of Executive Committee members can be seen here.