APPES COUNCIL

The APPES council is elected at the biennial meeting at the AGM and represent the society until the general meeting in 2 years time.  Council members are eligible for re-election for a 2nd term, and beyond that if they change position within the council.

The council meets face to face once a year and by telephone hookup 2-3 times per year and the executive additionally meets in between as required. Please feel free to approach these individuals at any time with ideas for the society. As a new society, we need your input and look forward to hearing from you.

Current Council 2026 – 2028

EXECUTIVE POSITIONS
	Sylvia Estrada	Philippines	President
	Junfen Fu	China	Immediate Past President
	Jeerunda Santiprabhob	Thailand	President Elect
	Alexia Pena	Australia	Treasurer
	Azriyanti binti Anuar Zaini	Malaysia	Secretary
COUNCIL POSITIONS
	Yoon Hi Cho	Australia
	Qiuli Chen	China
	Rakesh Kumar	India
	Frida Soesanti	Indonesia
	Noriyuki Namba	Japan
	Moonbae Ahn	Korea, Republic of
	Nalini M. Selveindran	Malaysia
	Cynthia G Feliciano	Philippines
	Cindy Ho	Singapore
	Navoda Atapattu	Sri Lanka
	Meng-Che Tsai	Taiwan
	Nguyen Ngoc Khanh	Vietnam
CO-OPTED AND APPOINTED POSITIONS
	Ben Albert	New Zealand	ELF Subcommittee Chair
	Ben Wheeler	New Zealand	Scientific Program Committee Chair
	Sharmin Mahbuba	Bangladesh	Co-opted member
	Joanna Yuet-ling Tung	Hong Kong	Co-opted member