In a latest development, Ashwin Gunasekeran has been elected as the new Chairman for the ICCA
Asia Pacific Chapter Executive Committee (EXCO) for the term 2020 – 2022. He takes over from
outgoing Chairman, Jason Yeh (Founder and CEO of GIS Group). The committee was elected
through an electoral process that was carried out from 6 – 31 March 2020, as per Press release
issued by PCEB. Ashwin is the first Malaysian to hold position in the ICCA Asia Pacific Chapter
Executive Committee.
Joining Ashwin in the EXCO are Deputy Chairs – Keiko Nishimoto (Research Fellow, Kyoto University
Graduate School of Management Japan) and Eric Abramson (International Project Director,
Guangzhou Yuexiu International Congress Centre China – P.R.). Earlier also, his time with PCEB,
Ashwin has been involved with ICCA for many years. He is also currently heading the ICCA Malaysia
Committee.
Ashwin Gunasekeran in his victory message said “I would like to sincerely thanks everyone for
honouring and electing me and my executive committee to lead the ICCA Asia Pacific Chapter
Committee 2020 – 2022. We are certain that together with, we will continue to grow stronger and
champion the business events fraternity of Asia Pacific.
He further added “The ICCA family is here for you, and we welcome your creative ideas on all
possible related matters for the region”.
Noor Hamid, Regional Director Asia Pacific said, “As the Secretariat, I congratulate
these candidates for volunteering to take the lead in championing the Chapter. I
would also like to place on record my grateful appreciation to the past EXCO, Jason
Yeh, outgoing Chair and current ICCA’s first Vice President, Keiko Nishimoto and
Anna Case, former Deputy Chairs who made meaningful impact and supported the
growth of the Asia Pacific chapter. The new EXCO are here to continue that legacy
and we look forward to working with the new leadership to serving the ICCA Asia
Pacific community.
It may be noted that ICCA Asia Pacific Chapter consists of 289 member organisations in 16 countries
and regions. These countries include Australia, China PR, Chinese Taipei, Hong Kong (China-P.R.),
India, Indonesia, Japan, Macao (China-P.R.), Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Republic of Korea,
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Vietnam.
ICCA Asia Pacific Chapter represents the largest membership in all the total of 11
Chapters. Penang currently has three ICCA members, namely PCEB, Setia SPICE
Convention Centre and Hotel Equatorial Penang.
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