Singapore , 8 December 2006 – The Association of Accredited Advertising Agents (4As) elected four new members to its Executive Committee during its Extraordinary General Meeting held this evening.
Gan Boon Guan of OMD Singapore was elected 2 nd Vice-President replacing Julie Tilley who will be returning to Sydney in mid December to take on a new position at Initiative Media Australia.
Three other individuals were also elected as Executive Committee Members. They are Angus Fraser of J. Walter Thompson Singapore , Harpreet Singh of ZenithOptimedia, and Shirley Yeo of DDB Worldwide.
Honorary Secretary Faith Gay of Mediatron Advertising will also serve as 1 st Vice President, replacing Eric Teng who has left the industry to join the philanthropy and charity sector since October 2006.
Commenting on the new faces joining the Executive Committee, 4As President Anthony Kang said, “I am proud of the work that the Executive Committee has achieved so far and with four new members on board, we look forward to working with them to continue building on this momentum.”
“More importantly, we need to constantly inject new blood into the Executive Committee to help rejuvenate and renew the role of the 4As as we move forward with bigger and more challenges ahead” added Kang.
All newly elected members will serve the remaining term until the next Annual General Meeting in 2008.
About 4As (Association of Accredited Advertising Agents, Singapore)
The Association of Accredited Advertising Agents Singapore was founded in 1948. Better known as the 4As, this non-profit trade association represents advertising and marketing communications practitioners, agencies and related businesses in Singapore. The 4As works in close co-operation with other related trade associations, schools and government bodies to nurture talent and to improve the stature and prominence of the advertising and marketing communications industry. Among the key events organised and promoted by the 4As are the Singapore Creative Circle Awards or the Gong Show; the Students Creative Awards, commonly known as The Crowbars; and the Singapore Media Awards.
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