AMF presidency for japan
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From left are Vice President, SLIM Thushara Perera, President
WMA, Hermawan Karthajaya, President SLIM, Rohan Somawansa and
outgoing president AMF Y. W. Junardy.
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Hermawan Karthajaya who has co-authored several books with Prof.
Philip Kotler was made an Honorary Fellow of the Sri Lanka Institute of
Marketing at the recent Board meeting of the Asian Marketing Federation
(AMF) in Bali, Indonesia in appreciation for his outstanding
contribution to marketing.
Accepting the status, Karthajaya said that he was deeply honoured and
happy at being made an honorary fellow of SLIM. Current President of the
World Marketing Association, Karthajaya is an eminent author and a
public speaker in marketing studies.
Together with Prof. Philip Kotler he has co-authored Repositioning
Asia : From Bubble to a Sustainable Economy, Rethinking Marketing :
Sustainable Enterprise in Asia and Attracting Investors.
He has also co-authored Marketing 3.0 with Prof. Kotler which is a
forthcoming publication.
Listed as one of The 50 gurus who shaped the future of marketing,
Karthajaya is also one of the few Asians who addressed the American
Marketing Association (AMA) Educators Conference. Chairman of the Japan
Marketing Association Takuya Goto was unanimously elected as the
president of AMF for 2010/2011 while the chairmen of the Hong Kong and
Singapore marketing institutes were elected Vice Presidents. SLIM held
the presidency of the AMF in 2008 under the leadership of Prof. K. U.
Kamalgoda. |
