The Mobile Marketing Association (MMA), the leading global association for the mobile marketing industry, today announced the appointments of ten new board members to its Asia Pacific Board of Directors. Coming from diverse backgrounds and industries, the board members will help MMA advance the future of marketing in Asia Pacific through mobile.
Elected by MMA’s APAC membership, the newly appointed board members will serve a two-year term, beginning immediately. The new board members include:
- Dharnesh Gordhon, President Director, Nestlé Indonesia
- Dominique Touchaud, Associate Director Brand Building Integrated Communications, Procter & Gamble Asia
- Antoine de Carbonnel, Chief Commercial Officer, Go-Jek
- Patrick de Moustier, Managing Director, Accenture Digital, ASEAN, Accenture
- Nguyen Dinh Toan, Senior Vice President of Marketing, Suntory Pepsico Vietnam
- Sapna Chadha, Senior Marketing Director, Google India and Southeast Asia
- Tu Thai Minh Diem, Director of Specialised Nutrition, FrieslandCampina Vietnam
- Florent Vallauri, Sr. Managing Director Southeast Asia Pacific, Gameloft
- Tom Simpson, VP, Brand & Exchange, APAC, AdColony
- Vasuta Agarwal, Vice President & Managing Director, Asia Pacific, InMobi
“MMA’s commitment to leading the mobile industry and driving our charter is reflected in the appointment of some of the most influential marketing leaders in APAC to our board,” said David Porter, Chairman of the MMA APAC Board of Directors, and Unilever’s Vice President of Global Media for Asia, Africa, Middle East, Turkey & Russia. “The importance of mobile in marketing strategies strategy is now indisputable, and the outstanding composition of the Board is testament to the power mobile has in building business capabilities for brands across the region. We have a busy agenda and I look forward to working with such a distinguished group.”
In addition to the new appointments, following members had their term renewed:
- Richa Goswami, Global Head of Digital, Johnson & Johnson
- Richard Murphy, Corporate Vice President, Digital; Growth & Foundational Markets, McDonald’s Corporation
- Dan Neary, Vice President, Asia Pacific, Facebook
- Dick Van Motman, Global CEO, Dentsu Aegis Network, Creative Agencies
- Vishnu Mohan, Chairman & CEO India and Southeast Asia, Havas Media
- Sean Rach, Chief Marketing Officer, Crypto.com
Current members of the board include:
- D Shivakumar, Group Executive President – Corporate Strategy and Business Development, Aditya Birla Group
- Bessie Lee, Founder & CEO, Withinlink
- Joe Nguyen, Board Member, Emarketingeye
- Ashutosh Srivastava, Chairman & CEO – AMEA, Russia/CIS, Mindshare
- David Porter, Vice President, Global Media, Asia, Africa, Middle East, Turkey & Russia, Unilever
- Priya Nair, Executive Director, Home Care, Hindustan Unilever Limited
- Rohit Dadwal, Managing Director, Asia Pacific, MMA
“We continue to bring together leading marketers in the region to help businesses in Asia Pacific embrace developments in mobile marketing, so that they can drive innovative marketing campaigns and deliver successful business outcomes.” said Rohit Dadwal, Managing Director, Asia Pacific, MMA. “The knowledge and expertise of the board will bolster MMA’s efforts to accelerate innovation in the industry, and build the tools and resources necessary to help MMA members navigate the evolving mobile marketing landscape.”
