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SSPC Announces Results of Advisory Council Elections
November 20, 2017 SSPC: The Society for Protective Coatings announced on November 10, 2017 the election results of the organizations’ Asia-Pacific (APAC-AC) and Latin America (LATAM-AC) Advisory Councils. In April 2017, SSPC formed the charter of both advisory councils, News Link: http://www.sspc.org/news-2017-rac-announcement and launched a representatives nomination process with SSPC Membership located in the Asia-Pacific and Latin America regions. And now completed a representative election to select leadership positions for each advisory council. SSPC Executive Director, Bill Worms provided the following message to the newly elected leadership members on both advisory councils. "Congratulations on your election to the executive positions of the advisory council. We look forward to your leadership and your continued efforts at ensuring SSPC is meeting your regional needs. Thank you for your service." Here is the leadership and representative makeup of both advisory councils: Asia-Pacific Advisory Council Chairperson Abdul Rashid (2 year term) National Oilwell Varco (Owner) Indonesia Abdul.rashid@nov.com Vice Chairperson Aaron Williams (4 Year Term) Schmidt Abrasive Blasting Sdn Malaysia aaron@schmidtabrasiveblasting.com Secretary Rehan Ahmed (2 year term) Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd (Owner) Malaysia Rehan.ahmed@petronas.com Representative Mars Feng (3 Year Term) Rader Coating Technology (Consultant) China marsfeng@coatingsquare.com Representative Jim Gooden (4 Year Term) BlastOne International (Equipment Mfg.) Australia Jim.gooden@blastmaster.com.au Representative Kevin Yeo (2 Year Term) ARKCO Co. Ltd. (Distributor) Thailand kevin@arkcothailand.com Representative Kristopher Barton (4 Year Term) International Paint (Coating Mfg.) Singapore Kristopher.barton@akzonobel.com Representative Bangyih Chen (3 Year Term) Formosa Petrochemical (Owner) Taiwan bychen66@fpg.com.tw Representative Rondulf Go (3 Year Term) Shell Philippines Exploration (Owner) Philippines Rondulf.r.go@shell.com Ex-Officio Hiromi Yamaguchi (2 Year Term) Retired (US Navy) Japan hiromi.yamaguchi@tvs12.jp Ex-Officio Bonifacio Pangan (2 Year Term) Panco Resouces (Consultant/Distributor) Philippines Panco.engineering@gmail.com Latin America Advisory Council
Chairperson Juan Caballero (4 Year Term) NIS Panama (Consultant) Panama Juan.caballero@nispanama.com Vice Chairperson Guillermo Pena (3 Year Term) PPG Protective & Marine (Coating Mfg.) Mexico Guillermo.pena@ppg.com Secretary Carlos Martinez (4 Year Term) Aplika Corrosion Control (Consultant) Columbia Gerenciatecnica@aplika.com.co Representative Paul Skog (3 Year Term) Sherwin-Williams (Coating Mfg.) Chile pskog@sherwin.cl Representative Thomas Fink (3 Year Term) Technofink LLC. (Equipment Mfg.) Brazil thomasf@technofink.com Representative Jose Valdes (2 Year Term) Altamira & CIA (Contractor) Mexico jvaldesaltamira@hotmail.com Representative Juan Iwamoto (2 Year Term) CDV Industrial EIRL (Distributor) Peru Inspecciones@cdvindustrial.com Representative Melissa Benavides (2 Year Term) NEMESTA (Contractor) Peru mbenavides@nemesta.com Representative Guillermo Loayza (4 Year Term) Setisma (Raw Materials) Ecuador Guillermo_loayza@admix-ec.com Ex-Officio Abel De la Cruz (2 Year Term) American Consult Peru (Consultant) Peru abeldelacruz@americanconsultperu.com The first formal meeting of both advisory councils will be at SSPC 2018, this upcoming January in New Orleans, Louisiana. For additional information on the Advisory Councils, please contact Jim Kunkle, SSPC Manager of Business Development at +1 (412) 288-6029 or kunkle@sspc.org |