Eric Everard
Eric Everard | |
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| Born | 10 July 1964 Uccle, Brussels |
| Alma mater | Catholic University of Louvain |
| Occupations | CEO and founder of Easyfairs Group |
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]
Biography
[edit | edit source]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]
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Easyfairs venues website Archived 2009-02-21 at the Wayback Machine
- Easyfairs events website
- Fair consult website Archived 2015-01-06 at the Wayback Machine