"I’m extremely humbled to be appointed in this role, especially taking into consideration the very exciting, albeit challenging, media landscape we find ourselves in," says Govender, CEO of media agency Dentsu Aegis Network.
"The AMF has a crucial role to play in this industry in terms of both representing all media agencies, but also holding our fellow agencies accountable to the issues of transparency, research, talent, and transformation, among others," she adds.
Before joining the Dentsu Aegis Network, Govender held the position as first female CEO at the VWV Group and has spent more than 20 years in the broadcast and media industry, including the role of corporate marketing and communications director at Mnet.
"I’m very pleased to say that our current board is a young, diverse group of media professionals, each very passionate and committed to the media and advertising industry," she says. "We’re working on several excellent initiatives, one of which includes up-skilling current young media agency professionals, which we’ll report back on in due course."
Govender recently judged Cannes Lions 2017, Loeries 2017, and AdFocus 2017 in the Media and Innovation category. "I’m extremely passionate about this ever-changing, ever innovating industry of ours and I’m proud to represent the AMF as a vital cog."
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