APSCC has announced that in the 2010 APSCC Plenary meeting, held on October 6, 2010 at Hilton Hotel in Tokyo, Japan Mr. Nagai Yutaka was elected as the new APSCC President effective January 2011.
In accordance with the APSCC Constitution, Mr. Nagai will lead APSCC for the next two-year term (2011-2012). As the main representative of APSCC, he will be responsible for implementing the directions and guidelines set by the Constitution and the General Assembly, in consultation with the Board of Directors, Vice Presidents and Executive Director. Mr. Nagai succeeds Dr. Phinaintisart who has served as APSCC President for the past four years. Mr. Nagai was a member of the APSCC Board of Directors from 2009 to 2010. He is currently Director of the Board as well as Senior Executive Vice President of SKY Perfect JSAT Corporation, which is the largest satellite operator in Asia with 12 satellites covering all of Japan and Asia, as well as Oceania and North America. Under the leadership of the new President, APSCC will continue to promote communications and broadcasting via satellite as well as outer space activities in the Asia-Pacific region. APSCC will also strive to link its members together to exchange views on satellite-related policies, technologies, systems, and services and to bring individuals in the industry together to work as a powerful collective voice for region.
The Asia-Pacific Satellite Communications Council (APSCC) has also announced that Dr. Choon Young (Peter) Song has joined the Organization as the Executive Director. The appointment of Dr. Song was approved at the APSCC Council meeting held on May 27, 2010. As the Executive Director of APSCC, Dr. Song assumes comprehensive responsibility for implementing the policy, plans and decisions set by the APSCC Plenary Meeting, the President, and the Council. His responsibilities also include the management and daily operations of APSCC secretariat office. He will report the operational status of the APSCC Secretariat to the Council biennially, and to the Board of Directors quarterly. Dr. Song has more than 35 years of extensive and diversified supervisory and management experience in civil/military aerospace and commercial industries.
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