The ICA-AP elected its new board at its 15th Regional Assembly in Seoul, the Republic of Korea. The latter half of the regional assembly included the election of ICA-AP Regional Board which took place in two phases. Phase 1 was the election of Regional Board members and phase 2 was the election of ICA-AP Vice Presidents and President.

An elections committee was appointed to oversee the elections process including Dr. Robby Tulus - ex Regional Director, ICA-AP; Professor. Seungkwon Jang - Professor of Business Administration, Department of Management of Cooperatives, Graduate School Cooperative MBA, Graduate School of Social Economy, Sungkonghoe University, Korea; and Ms. Stefania Marcone - Chief of International Relations and European Policy, Legacoop, Italy.

Phase 1 election started with remarks by the 12 candidates contesting for the Regional Board, followed by electronic voting. A special voting booth was set up at the venue in Seoul, but most of the members chose to vote online. The candidates elected to the board are Dr. Chandrapal Singh Yadav from India, Mr. Cai Zhenhong from China, Dato Dr. Abdul Fattah Abdullah from Malaysia,  Ms. Chitose Arai from Japan, Ms. Natalie Browning from Australia, Mr. Mohamadali Zeygami from Iran, Mr. Sung-hee Lee from Korea, Mr. Min Raj Kadel from Nepal, Mr. Antonio Aranas from the Philippines, Mr. Sarath Weerasiri from Sri Lanka, and Dr. Nguyen Ngoc Bao from Vietnam.

For phase 2 elections, three nominations were received for the position of Vice-Presidents from China, Iran, and Malaysia and two nominations were received for the position of President from India and Japan. Dr. Chandrapal Singh Yadav (NCUI, India) was elected President, with Mr. Cai Zhenhong (ACFSMC, China) and Dato Dr. Abdul Fattah Abdullah (ANGKASA, Malaysia), joining him as Vice-Presidents. 

The elections concluded with closing remarks by Mr. Iyer and congratulatory wishes to the new Regional Board.