
About APACD
The Asia-Pacific Association of Communication Directors exists to both serve and shape the in-house communications profession.
The Asia-Pacific Association of Communication Directors exists to both serve and shape the in-house communications profession.
As Asia-Pacific Communications and Public Relations Directors, we represent an invaluable platform that facilitates the exchange of knowledge and helps to advance our profession. By establishing common quality standards and supporting professional qualification within the field, by organising conferences and meetings, and by providing services, analysis, and informative media, this non-partisan association works for the benefit of the Asia-Pacific communications and public affairs community.
Since our inception in 2014, APACD has has provided a voice to more than 400 communications and public affairs directors across the Asia-Pacific region. We organise regular conferences, seminars and networking sessions, while also benchmarking in-house performance through our awards programme and supporting professional development via training, mentoring and knowledge sharing.
Director, Regional MarketingBlack & Veatch
VP & Country Group Head Comms, PA & Sustainability (South Asia)Bayer
Head of Communications & Society, Asia-PacificDiageo
Director of Communications & Public AffairsAPEC Secretariat
Group Head of CommunicationsHome Credit International
Global Head of CommunicationsVistra Group
Director, Communications & MarketingDocquity
Head of Communications & Public AffairsRoche Diagnostics
The Asia-Pacific Association of Communication Directors (APACD) was founded in 2014 in recognition of the unique challenges and opportunities for communications leaders in this fast-changing region. Our members know only too well that one size does not fit all across a region that is seeing remarkable economic, social and cultural change. Against this backdrop, Asia-Pacific companies and organizations are expanding their operations rapidly to encompass a more global mindset, while MNCs become increasingly sophisticated in terms of their Asia-Pacific engagement strategies. For communicators of all stripes, whether at MNCs, associations, institutions and in politics, an international perspective is as crucial to their work as in-depth local knowledge.
Meanwhile, at a time of rapid economic and technological transformation, the communications profession has never been more valuable to an organization’s purpose, mission and strategy. The relationship between business and society is being redrawn before our eyes, calling on communications directors to navigate a new reality in terms of stakeholder capitalism and the convergence of marketing and communications.
The Asia-Pacific Association of Communication Directors (APACD) aims to help our members understand and capitalise from all of these trends by providing a peer network for mid- to senior-level communication professionals from all fields and industries across the Asia-Pacific region to discuss and formulate solutions to current communication challenges. We aim to establish common quality standards and advance professional qualifications within the field through a vibrant event calendar, informative media. awards recognition and knowledge-sharing.
At its core APACD offers a platform of networking and exchange for members and friends, and advances the visibility and reputation of the in-house communications profession. It is committed to fostering diversity, overcoming cultural barriers and formulating standards, underpinning the development of an Asia-Pacific communications culture as a strong voice in today’s world.