New and old faces on MAA council

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Advertisers’ Association (MAA) saw its president Khoo Kar Khoon — who is also Nestle Products Sdn Bhd communications manager — re-elected on Friday at its annual meeting.

Four new faces were also welcomed into the council — Coca-Cola Far East Ltd integrated marketing communications activation group manager Rommel Fuentebella, Canon Marketing (M) Sdn Bhd imaging communication products division director Simon Wong, Danone Dumex (M) Sdn Bhd marketing director Ang Chong Lee and Guinness Anchor Marketing Sdn. Bhd marketing director Yap Swee Leng.

The MAA and the local advertising industry, Khoo said, are in need of assistance and suggestions to continue to build on and make both entities attractive to fresh and young talent.

“Moving forward, we’ll continue to engage our members through various activities and value added initiatives; continue to play a leadership role in issues concerning the industry and maintain closer collaboration with peer bodies and lobbying the authorities on behalf of members on various matters to bring about a healthier growth and development to the industry.

“We could also further explore areas like industry self-regulation structure; best practices; talents development, training and retention; profession fee structure; transparency and measurement.”