Ted Choo, CEO of Gosh Advertising was appointed 1st Vice-President, a position vacated by Gan Boon Guan following his resignation as CEO of Starcom Media Worldwide. Ted has been serving on the Executive Committee since April 2008, and is the Chairman of the Education Committee and Vice Chairman of the Ethics and Better Business Committee.

“Ted has been very passionate about the industry and has been actively contributing on the committees that he is chairing. I am glad that he accepted the appointment,” said Anthony Kang, President of the 4As.

Three other individuals were co-opted as Executive Committee members. They are Paul Soon, Regional Director of XM Digital Asia Pacific, Connie Chan, Managing Director of Mediaedge:cia Singapore, and Rosemary Lising, Managing Director, Asia Pacific of GroupM Search.

Paul has also been appointed Chairman of the Interactive committee, replacing James Miner who has moved on to ESPN Star Sports. James will continue to serve on the committee as Vice Chairman. With the latest additions, the 4As now has 14 members on the Executive Committee.

Commenting on the new Executive Committee members, Kang said “We are pleased to welcome the new members who are exceptionally accomplished in their fields. The addition of two online specialists came at an apt time with the current shift towards a digitalized world. Together with the rest of the Executive Committee members, we have a diversity of expertise on which to tap on as we move forth with more initiatives for the industry.”

All the newly co-opted Executive Committee members will serve the term until the next Annual General Meeting in 2010.

About the Association of Accredited Advertising Agents Singapore (4As):
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.

For more information, please visit www.4as.org.sg