IAA's new team gets to business!

The International Advertising Association (IAA) Board of Directors annual meeting was held on Tuesday June 18th 2013. Elections and Vice Presidential appointments took place effective until May 2016. IAA World Chairman and President Faris Abouhamad, who took office in January 2013, stated "Our association, in its 75th Anniversary year will benefit from the energy and talents of IAA leadership drawn from virtually every part of the world. I am especially pleased and excited to have such able colleagues as the IAA charts its future. I cannot imagine a better or more capable team to embrace and deliver on the IAA's plans and initiatives."

The following individuals were elected: Senior Vice President- Felix Tataru COO at GMP (Romania), Treasurer - Glenn Hansen President and CEO of BPA Worldwide (USA), Secretary - Erich Buxbaum Managing Director of EHB Consulting GmbH (Austria).

And the IAA Chairman and Word President, and Board of Directors confirmed the following appointments: 

Jill Cohen - Vice President Area Director US/Canada, Saad El Zein - Vice President Area Director - Middle East/Africa, Pradeep Guha - Vice President Area Director - Asia/Pacific, Pawel Kowalewski- Vice President Area Director- Europe, Michael Lee - IAA Managing Director, Carla Michelotti - Vice President Corporate Members and Government Affairs, Naji Boulos - Vice President Government Relations Middle East/North Africa, Norkor Duah - Vice President Development, Africa, Hani Ghorayeb - Vice President Development Middle East/North Africa, Heather Leembruggen - Vice President 75th Anniversary and Special Events, Diane Slade - Vice President Learning, Srinivasan Swamy - Vice President Development Asia/Pacific.