The Association of Event Venues (AEV) has elected new board members at its AGM, held yesterday (16 September) at the Silverstone International Conference and Exhibition Centre.
Steve Sayer, vice president and general manager, The O2, was re-elected to the board and the following members were formally elected having filled casual vacancies earlier in the year: Rob Wicks, managing director, P&J Live; Andy O’Sullivan, CEO, Olympia Events; Sarah Marshall, venue director, Farnborough International Exhibition & Conference Centre and Lori Hoinkes, chief executive, Manchester Central.
AEV chair, Ian Taylor, managing director, NEC; vice chair, Kerry Villa, chief operating officer, ACC Liverpool and treasurer Jeremy Rees, chief executive officer, ExCeL London remain in situ to serve on the board.
Taylor said: “We have taken time to review our strategy and recognise key factors in achieving our goals to continue advocating for the industry and ensuring we have the finance and resources to support and serve our members. We now have 48 members, and nine academic associate members and offer 16 working groups hosting 52 meetings over the past year. As always, we are extremely grateful to all our members for their contributions.”
