Meet our IAPCO Ambassadors
Our IAPCO Ambassadors are recognised as leaders in not only the organisation within which they work but also in the region within which they do so and are often called upon to comment on and lead business and professional event knowledge-share opportunities that further our industry’s profile and reputation. IAPCO is privileged to be able to call upon this group of high-profile professionals to support our external activities in regions across the globe as well as support our own engagement amongst existing and new IAPCO members. We are grateful for their on-going commitment and support in doing so. Our Ambassadors are:
Ajay Bhojwani
Regional Managing Director-Middle East & Africa, MCI Group
Council Member, IAPCO
Ajay has spent 20+ years in the meetings industry working for brands like Informa and MCI Group. In his current capacity as Regional Managing Director – Middle East and Africa for MCI Group, he looks after an operation spanning over 250+ events annually spread across 20+ countries through 5 offices and nearly 100 talents. And during the pandemic, he also led the major transformation for his team to deliver events digitally followed by hybrid events. Over the 16 years at MCI, he has not only opened new markets with physical offices and teams in Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia but also led several large association meetings strategy and supporting them with rotation around the world through government partnerships, tourism endorsements as well as strategic sales & marketing efforts to grow the events year on year.
In addition to his full-time role with MCI, he holds several positions, which include being on the board as a council member for International Association of Professional Conference Organisers (IAPCO) as well as ambassador for The Iceberg – an industry communication publication led by the Joint Meetings Industry Council (JMIC). And, he is also the current president for the The Events Group (TEG), a not-for-profit registered organisation bringing event professionals from various facets of the industry in UAE together.
