The 2023 SEAPAVAA Executive Council Elections was held during the 27th SEAPAVAA General Assembly on 12th May 2023 at the Mahatai Pattaya Convention Center, Thailand. The newly elected Executive Council will serve a three-year term from 2023 – 2026.
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 eight (8) Councillors, including the 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
JOSHUA HARRIS
Head of Media Preservation
Department of Preservation Services
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
USA
Treasurer
SANCHAI CHOTIROSSERANEE
Deputy Director
Film Archive (Public Organization)
Thailand
Council Member
REBECCA CORONEL
Chief Collection Preservation Officer
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
Australia
Council Member
ACHMAD DEDI FAOZI
Head of Reproduction and Digitization Archives
National Archives of the Republic of Indonesia
Indonesia
Council Member
CHRISTOPHE AUGIAS
Director of Culture
New Caledonia
Council Member
JOSHUA NG
Digital Preservation Analyst
Archives New Zealand
New Zealand
Council Member
ROSEMARIE ROQUE
Research Chief
Center for Heritage Studies
Polytechnic University of the Philppines
Philippines