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IAPCO is administered by a Council consisting of at least eight and up to eleven Company Members, among them a President, a President-elect and a Treasurer. Eight members of the Council are elected by the members at the General Assembly. The elected members can co-opt up to three other members. Council may also invite members of the Association to report on various administrative topics and as such to participate in specific elements of Council meetings.

Roles and Responsibilities of the IAPCO Council

The work of the Council is to administer the Association, to ensure that the quality standards as set are maintained, to serve the members and to guide IAPCO as the leading authority on professional congress organisation worldwide. Furthermore the Council is responsible for ensuring that IAPCO fulfils its responsibilities in accordance with the Statutes in a professional manner and in accordance with the laws of the land, and operates in a business-like and financially viable manner.

Sarah Markey-Hamm – IAPCO President
CEO, ICMS Pty Ltd
Suite 2, 191 Riversdale Road, PO Box 170, Hawthorn VIC 3122, Australia
www.icms.com.au

Sissi Lignou – President-Elect
President & CEO, AFEA Congress
39-41 Likavittou str. 106 72, Athens, Greece
www.afeacongress.gr

Ajay Bhojwani – IAPCO Council
Regional Managing Director (MEA), MCI Group (UAE)
SJ Commercial Tower, Office Suite 1005, level 10, Airport Road, Abu Dhabi 127636, UAE
www.wearemci.com

Limor Cunia – IAPCO Council
Vice President, Clients & Operations, Kenes Group
1 Mercaz Azrieli Holon, P.O.B. 11, Building D, 26 Harokmim St, Holon 5885849, Israel
www.kenes.com

Ellen Franck – IAPCO Council
Partner, Meetagain Konferens AB
Torshamnsgatan 35, 164 40 Kista, Sverige, Stockholm, Sweden
www.meetagain.se

Stephen Noble – IAPCO Council, Chair of the IAPCO Training Academy
Manager (APAC), The Conference Company
31C Normanby Rd, Mt Eden, Auckland, 1024, New Zealand
www.theconferencecompany.com

Jimena Ruiz – IAPCO Council
Chief of Staff, BTC Americas
Rio Mixcoac No. 69 Credito Constructor, Benito Juárez, Mexico City, Zip Code 3940, Mexico
www.btcamericas.com

Nicola Testai – IAPCO Council
CEO, OIC Group
Viale della Giovine Italia, 17, 50122 Firenze FI, Italy
www.oic.it

Jason Yeh – IAPCO Treasurer
CEO, GIS Group
2F, No. 316, Wenchang St., Xinyi District, Taipei City 11074, Taiwan
www.gisgroup.com

Giulia Sarri – Next Gen Committee Chair (Co-Opted Council Member)
Head of Service Design, AIM Communication
Viale Enrico Forlanini, 22, 20134 Milano
www.aimcommunication.eu

IAPCO is administered by a secretariat team working in the UK, serving the international membership

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