The big wigs
The Association for Communication and Advertising (ACA) announced its new board of directors at the 2008 AGM held earlier this week. Reinher Behrens was re-elected the chairperson and Boniswa Pezisa, Mike Gendel and Modise Makhene were elected as vice chairpersons for the next year.
In his chairman's report, Behrens pointed out a number of achievements that took over the past year. He highlighted the growing success of APEX and the increased participation of marketers in the awards. He also detailed the restructuring of the ACA business operations, where the Ops Portfolio Committees were formed and the HR Forum was relaunched.
The ACA board is nominated and voted for by members and serves for one year, upon which a new board is elected.
| APEX Awards |
| Gareth Leck | Chairperson |
| Andy Rice | Adjudication Panel Chairperson |
| Ivan Moroke | Adjudication Panel Vice Chairperson |
| EDUCATION |
| Sarah Dexter | Chairperson |
| Ludi Koekemoer | MD and Principal of the AAA School of Advertising |
| EXTERNAL MARKETING |
| Lou Boxall-Davies | Chairperson |
| The Lime Envelope | PR Agency |
| FINANCE |
| Russell Cory | Chairperson |
| Judy van Dam | Agency Remuneration Sub-Committee Chairperson |
| GOVERNMENT & REGULATORY |
| Nkwenkwe Nkomo | Chairperson |
| INDUSTRY AWARDS |
| Reinher Behrens | Chairperson |
| MEMBERSHIP |
| Russell Cory | Chairperson |
| REPRESENTATION ON EXTERNAL INDUSTRY BODIES |
| Paul Middleton | Chairperson |
| SELF REGULATION |
| Mike Gendel | Chairperson |
| SERVICES |
| Boniswa Pezisa | Chairperson |
| SECRETARIAT |
| Odette van der Haar | CEO |
| Russell Cory | CFO |
| Wayne Naidoo | Chairman of the ACA Board of Directors |