Leadership

Executive Committee of the Council

President: Linda Luz B. Guerrero (2024/1/1-2025/12/31)
Vice President & President-Elect: Matthew Gray (2024/1/1-2025/12/31, 2026/1/1-2027/12/31)
Past President: Jibum Kim (2024/1/1-2025/12/31)
Secretary-Treasurer: Winnie Lee (2023/1/1-2024/12/31)
Conference Chair: Seokho Kim (2024/1/1-2025/12/31)
Liaison Chair: Haq M Saidul (2024/1/1-2025/12/31)

Advisory Board

Mahar Mangahas (Philippines)
Ijaz Gilani (Pakistan)
Takashi Inoguchi (Japan)
Syed Arabi Idid (Malaysia)
Robert Chung (Hong Kong)
Yashwant Deshmukh (India)
Colin Irwin (United Kingdom)

Other Members of the Council

National Representatives (2024-2025)

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

Appointments Made by the President According to the Constitution

Electoral Committee (2024)
Chair: Jibum Kim (ex officio, WAPOR Asia Pacific Past President)
Members: Linda Luz Guerrero, Matthew Gray

Conference Committee (2024)
Chair: Seokho Kim
Members: Pending

WAPOR Asia Pacific Lifetime Achievement Award Selection Committee (2024)
Chair: Linda Luz Guerrero (ex officio, WAPOR Asia Pacific President)
Members: Matthew Gray (ex officio, WAPOR Asia Pacific Vice President), Jibum Kim (ex officio, WAPOR Asia Pacific Past President), Pending

WAPOR Asia Pacific Annual Conference Local Organizing Committee (2024)
Chair: Jibum Kim
Co-Chair: Seokho Kim (ex officio, WAPOR Asia Pacific Conference Committee Chair)
Members: Dukjin Chang, Minhee Cho, Seulki Choi, Dong-Kyun Im, Yun-Suk Lee, Wonho Park

Membership Committee (2024)
Chair: Weidong Wang
Members: Pending