2008/9 ASA board announced
Nkwenkwe Nkomo has been re-elected as chairperson of the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) of South Africa and Karen Willenberg has been appointed as deputy chairperson, the ASA said yesterday, Tuesday, 19 August 2008, in announcing its 2008/9 board of directors.
While all of its seven directors from the previous board have been retained, the newly elected directors to the board are Ian Penhale, marketing director of SAB Miller and Constance Nkosi, executive chair of Lidonga Group Holdings.
“We welcome the new board members and we are looking forward to exciting times as we further shape the self regulatory framework. As the new ASA board we are looking forward to fruitful engagement with all our members and stakeholders. We would like to make sure that self-regulation in our country is amongst the best in the world. We trust that all of us will continue working together as we have in the past.” says Nkomo.
The ASA board in full:
- Chairperson: Nkwenkwe Nkomo
- Deputy chair: Karen Willenberg
- Constance Nkosi
- Diane Terblanche
- Ivan May
- Ian Penhale
- Ian Shepherd
- Sarel du Plessis
- Thembelihle Msibi
