The 2020 SEAPAVAA Executive Council Elections took place electronically from 25th May to 25th June 2020. The newly elected Executive Council will serve a three-year term 2020-2023.
Per ARTICLE VII Section B of the SEAPAVAA Constitution, the Executive Council is the executive and management body of the Association. The Executive Council shall consist of nine (9) Councillors, including the President, Immediate Past President, Secretary-General and Treasurer. The office of the Councillor is honorary, and is exercised in the personal capacity of the individual, rather than as the representative of a particular Institutional Member or country.
President
KAREN CHAN
Executive Director
Asian Film Archive
Singapore
Secretary-General
SANCHAI CHOTIROSSERANEE
Deputy Director
Film Archive (Public Organization)
Thailand
Treasurer
JOSHUA HARRIS
Media Preservation Coordinator
Department of Preservation Services
University Libraries University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
United States of America
Council Member
SWEE CHENG WONG
Audiovisual Conservator
State Library of Queensland Australia
Australia
Council Member
JOIE SPRINGER
Independent Heritage Consultant
Barbados
Council Member
WU YONG IE (PROFESSOR)
Assistant Professor
Tainan National University of the Arts
Taiwan
Council Member
PAWARISA NIPAWATTANAPONG
Audiovisual Archivist
The Government Public Relations Department
Thailand
Council Member
HOANG MAI
International Relations Coordinator
Vietnam Film Institute
Vietnam
Immediate Past President
IRENE LIM
Principal Archivist
National Archives of Singapore
Singapore