The Event Supplier and Services Association (ESSA) has announced that its serving vice-chair and MD of EventShaper, Lou Kiwanuka (pictured), has been appointed chair of the Event Industry Alliance (EIA), assuming the role from Dan Thurlow, director of exhibition sales, Scottish Event Campus (SEC) and board member of the Association of Event Venues (AEV).Kiwanuka said that she believed that EIA has been the “instrumental force” in driving the agenda with G...