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Stratcomm Africa’s Chief Executive Officer, Esther A. N. Cobbah, has been appointed to the Board of the International Public Relations Association (IPRA).
The 17-member board, drawn from the association’s global membership, was inaugurated in Vienna, Austria, on 23rd February, 2019. Esther is the first member of the board from Africa, South of the Sahara.
Svetlana Stavreva, External Relations Manager, Global Technology Services (GTS), IBM Europe and Official Member of the Forbes Communications Council, was also installed in Vienna, Austria, as president of the IPRA on 22nd February, 2019. The IPRA board is the governing body of the association.
President of IPRA, Svetlana Stavreva, said: “Esther has contributed significantly to the work of IPRA throughout the years of her membership. Over the last several years, she has served as a judge in respect of the Golden World Awards. I am very pleased to have her on the board during the period of my presidency and I have no doubt that she will contribute important insights in our deliberations as a board.”
The Stratcomm Africa Chief Executive remarked: “It is gratifying to serve on the Board of the International Public Relations Association; more so, at a time when Stratcomm Africa is soon going to be celebrating 25 years of our existence. I look forward to contributing to the growth of IPRA as well as to the maintenance of high professional standards among public relations practitioners through my membership on this board. I intend particularly to articulate the perspectives of Public Relations practitioners from Africa, thereby ensuring that these feature prominently in the outlook of the association.”