IAPCO upholds the standards of its members. The Immediate Past President of IAPCO automatically takes up the post of the Chair of the Committee of Ethics and appoints a Co-Chair from the members of the IAPCO Council.
In the event that the Committee of Ethics is required to act on a case, representatives of the membership will be drawn from each geographical area and co-opted by the Chair to join the Committee of Ethics. The Committee of Ethics focuses on ethical issues and does not handle financial disputes.
CEO, ICMS Pty Ltd Suite 2, 191 Riversdale Road, PO Box 170, Hawthorn VIC 3122, Australia
CEO, ICMS Pty Ltd Suite 2, 191 Riversdale Road, PO Box 170, Hawthorn VIC 3122, Australia
CEO, Based in the United Kingdom
CEO, Based in the United Kingdom
Martin has a wealth of experience and a strategic vision that has been shaped over decades of working across a number of countries in the business and professional events and meetings industry. After university and a successful run as a restauranteur, he launched a corporate event management start-up in Canada in the late 1990's. At the same time, he launched a digital marketing company connecting event attendees to corporate and charity sponsors' on-line presence (pre-Facebook and twitter!), which he then sold in 2004. For the past almost 26 years, he has focussed his attention and built his knowledge and experience of corporate and association conference business as part of a consulting agency working with government bodies, an international convention centre team then as a Professional Conference Organiser (PCO) and 6 years as the Director of Europe for the partner and government-funded Convention Bureau of Sydney, Australia before joining IAPCO in 2019.
Since at the helm of IAPCO, Martin developed a new 5-year strategic plan alongside IAPCO’s Council and has been instrumental in driving the Association’s international engagement and strategic partnerships whilst ensuring organisational sustainability. Martin is a Joint Meetings Industry Council (JMIC) Board Member, represents IAPCO on the Events Industry Council (EIC) and is often invited to speak at industry events around the globe. He continues to be a volunteer on a number of meetings industry committees shaping the future of the meetings and events industry globally.
Martin supports a number of organisations and is a strong believer that business and professional events can drive positive and holistic change for the betterment of societies.
IAPCO is administered by a remote office secretariat.