On Tuesday, INMA members elected eight news executives to its governing board of directors during the non-profit organisation’s annual business meeting.

Executives elected to new board terms are:

• Marcelo Benez, executive commercial director, Folha de S.Paulo, Brazil.
• Sinead Boucher, executive chair, Stuff, New Zealand.
• Pia Kalsta, CEO, Sanoma Media, Finland.
• Debby Krenek, publisher, Newsday, United States.
• Maria Eugenia Ferre Rangel, chair of the board, GFR Media, Puerto Rico.
• Andrew Saunders, CEO, The Globe and Mail, Canada.

Executives elected to new officer terms are:

• Stephen Dunbar-Johnson, president/international, The New York Times, United Kingdom, as Second Vice President.
• Pam Siddall, co-president, Advance Local, United States, as Treasurer.

New INMA Board terms begin June 1.

Stepping down from the board are:

• Sanjay Gupta of Jagran Prakashan, India
• Sandy Naude of Independent Media, South Africa

INMA President Gert Ysebaert, CEO of Mediahuis, also made note of two additional members who stepped down in the past year after leaving the news industry:

• Praveen Someshwar of HT Media, India.
• Lay Lim Teo of Singapore Press Holdings.

The INMA Board of Directors is the fiduciary body overseeing the association’s activities worldwide.

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