PCMA and CEMA president and ceo Sherrif Karamat, CAE, has announced the appointment of 15 industry leaders to the 2026–2027 Asia Pacific (APAC) Advisory Board.
The board will guide PCMA’s regional strategy, localised education, and community-building initiatives across the APAC business events sector.
The advisory board members are structured across the following terms:
New appointments (Two-year term: 2026-2028)
- Anna Patterson, founder & managing director, Sight
- Mayumi Ninomiya, general manager, Jack Morton Japan
Returning members (Extended two-year term: 2026-2028)
- Anne Jamieson, CEO, Saxton
- Kerry Lau, head of marketing, ASEAN, Oracle
- Ronald Lim, co-founder & event producer, Think Tank Productions
- Sakurako Ogawara, director, conferences, Gartner
- Shelley Ryan, events & incentives manager, Fujifilm Business Innovation Australia
- Stuart Frank, senior director, strategic events, Salesforce
- Tamsyn Barker, managing director, APAC, First Agency
Current members (Final year of term: 2026-2027)
- Lisa Hopkins, CEO, BEIA
- Mala Dorasamy, CEO, Malaysia International Trade & Exhibition Centre
- Philip Goh, head, APAC event marketing, Intuitive
- Will Kataria, country head and senior director, Cvent
- Genevieve Lim, assistant vice president, MICE & sales, Marina Bay Sands (final year of extended term)
- Melissa Holdsworth, CEO, AusIMM (final year of extended term)
Liaisons
- Global board lLiaison: Deborah Caldwell, senior vice president, regional lead, APAC, global events, Bank of America
- Staff liaison: Florence Chua, managing director, PCMA APAC
