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28/07/2011
New ISBA (UK) President
Jon Woods, General Manager of Coca-Cola UK and Ireland, has been appointed by ISBA to succeed Mark Hunter, CEO of Molson Coors, who steps down after two years in the President's role.
28/07/2011
The Advertisers Business Group's (Gulf Cooperation Council) new Board of Directors reports on key initiatives
The new ABG Board members have been officially announced on July 20th, 2011 with the nomination of the Chairman, Mr. Fadi Ghosn (see picture), the Vice Chairman, Mr. Raef Labaki, and members of the board, Mr. Ghayath Sioufi, Mr. Vincenzo Ventricelli, Mr. Chris Saldanha, Mr. Rami Damanhouri, Mr. David Porter.
28/07/2011
UBA (Belgium) to organise its yearly CEO Breakfast event
The next CEO Breakfast will take place on September 9th 2011, with confirmed CEOs from the media sector, advertisers and UBA's Board of Directors.
28/07/2011
CANA (China) to set up a Marketers Network
The China Association of National Advertisers (CANA) Marketers Network is a new group exclusively for national and multinational client-side marketing leaders who are working in China.
28/07/2011
Sveriges Annonsörer (Sweden) to launch a new set of free Media Smart teaching materials
Media Smart has launched a brand new set of free teaching materials for children in lower primary school.
28/07/2011
ISA (India) holds successful Social Media Seminar
The Indian Society of Advertisers' (ISA) Chairman, Bharat Patel welcomed 42 participants to their Seminar on Advertising & Social Media, end of March 2011.
15/07/2011
Children's Food and Beverage Advertising Initiative announces nutritional criteria in US
These uniform nutrition criteria, designed by CFBAI and top food industry scientists and nutritionists, will further strengthen voluntary efforts to change child-directed food advertising.
12/07/2011