Eric Everard is the CEO and Founder of the Brussels-based company Easyfairs, which is currently ranked by AMR International as the world’s 18th largest exhibition organizer.[1] In 2018 Easyfairs was named as Belgium’s Enterprise of the Year.[2][3][4] The award was presented by Belgium’s Prime Minister at a special ceremony on 15 October 2018.[5] In addition to organising events, the company manages exhibition venues in Belgium, Sweden and the Netherlands. The newest of these, Åbymässan, was opened near Gothenburg in February 2019.[6]
Eric Everard | |
|---|---|
| Born | 10 July 1964 Uccle, Brussels |
| Nationality | Belgian |
| Alma mater | Catholic University of Louvain |
| Occupation(s) | CEO and founder of Easyfairs Group |
Biography edit
As a student Everard founded the magazine Univers-Cité in 1986. Two years later he co-founded his first exhibition, Salon de l’Etudiant (the Student Fair) in Belgium, extending it to other European countries with the launch of the Erasmus Programme.[7]
In 1997 Everard founded Artexis, organizer of the fine art fair, Art Brussels, which takes place at Tour & Taxis, and the European antiques exhibition, Eurantica, which takes place annually at Brussels Expo and was acquired by Artexis in […]
In 2001, Everard took on directorships at The Best of Group s.a., the exhibition halls in Antwerp and the Palais des Expositions in Namur. Everard founded Easyfairs in 2003.[8][9] The Artexis brand was retired in 2017.
Everard became the serving President of UFI (Union des Foires Internationales - the Global Association of the Exhibition Industry) at its 77th Congress in Singapore on 12 November 2010, having been selected at the Zagreb congress a year earlier.[10][11] His term as President ended in November 2011. Everard is also a board member of Fortis Bank.
Everard was presented with the "Manager de l'Année 2012" award by Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo in a ceremony at Brussels Expo on 9 January 2013.[12][13][14][15][16]
References edit
- ^ "The AMR Top 20 exhibition organisers by revenue 2018". 10 October 2018.
- ^ "Easyfairs remporte le trophée de « L'Entreprise de l'année® » 2018".
- ^ "Easyfairs est l'Entreprise de l'Année 2018". 16 October 2018.
- ^ ""Pour découvrir des nouveautés ou faire du networking, le salon est irremplaçable" (Eric Everard, CEO d'Easyfairs)". 16 October 2018.
- ^ "La société bruxelloise Easyfairs désignée "entreprise de l'année"". 15 October 2018.
- ^ "Easyfairs opens Åbymässan | expocheck.com". www.expocheck.com. Archived from the original on 2019-03-26.
- ^ http://actions.trends.levif.be/actions/trends/manager-de-lannee/files/2012-eric-everard.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Mikolajczak, Charlotte (9 May 2009). "3 QUESTIONS À Eric Everard". Lalibre.be. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
- ^ "TravelDailyNews 14 November 2008". Archived from the original on 7 August 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
- ^ "Expoweb.com". Archived from the original on 2010-11-13.
- ^ "Eric Everard elected to UFI presidential trio". eventmagazine.co.uk.
- ^ "Eric Everard élu Manager francophone de l'année 2012". lesoir.be. 4 May 2018.
- ^ "Trends-Tendances magazine, 10 January 2013". Archived from the original on 12 January 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
- ^ "Le manager de l'année du 9 janvier 2013, info : RTBF Vidéo". RTBF Vidéos.
- ^ Fabienne Lamot. "Interview du Manager de l'année 09/01/13". Canal Z - powered by: LeVif – Tendances – MoneyTalk. Archived from the original on 2014-12-13.
- ^ "RTL 10 January 2013". Archived from the original on 19 February 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2013.