MUMBAI: CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), Dan Glickman will vacate his post as chairman when his contract expires in September next year.

Said Glickman revealing his decision, "My guess is that I‘ll end up in the non-profit or academic world. People who know me know I‘ve had these great extra-curricular interests that have been very significant in driving me."

Arnold Schwarzenegger is among the list of possible successors along with Harold Ford Jr, Universal Music lobbyist Matt Gerson, Howard Berman, Richard Bates of Disney, MPAA COO Bob Pisano, and federal affairs chief Michael O‘Leary.

After relinquishing office, Glickman would have served five years in the post and will leave behind an unremarkable track record.

Glickman, who served as agriculture secretary under former President Bill Clinton, failed to make any headway in the fight against piracy and repeatedly declined to update data revealing the level of potential lost earnings to MPAA affiliates.