AEO appoints new CEO15th August 2011 | published by EW SHARE
The Association of Event Organisers (AEO) has appointed former ITE Group and Expomedia staffer Karim Halwagi as its new CEO. Halwagi officially joins the AEO on 30 August and will take over from current CEO Austen Hawkins. His resume includes stints with ITE Group and Expomedia, where he launched and managed exhibitions in both the UK and abroad. Since 2008 Halwagi has owned and ran his own...
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