Eric Rozenberg, president of Belgian based Swantegy, has been appointed as Non-Executive Chair of Reed Travel Exhibitions (RTE) global portfolio of meetings events.
Having just completed a year as the first European chairman of MPI, Rozenberg took up this position on 1 July 2011. The IBTM portfolio includes AIME (Australia), EIBTM (Spain), CIBTM (China), GIBTM (Middle East) and AIBTM (USA).
This role will require Rozenberg to contribute to the strategic development of the portfolio, maximise awareness of the events, as well as provide international industry intelligence through his high profile position in the sector. Additional input will see him provide thought leadership for the professional education program at each of the events on five continents and to act as a facilitator for show events and various speaker programmes.
Belgian born, Rozenberg was one of the founding members of the EIBTM CEO Club and has attended EIBTM for many years, he was at the inaugural GIBTM in Abu Dhabi and more recently at the first AIBTM in the US, and has also been a visitor to AIME.
His own European based company Swantegy, helps corporations that strategically use meetings and events in their marketing mix to increase their business performance and engage their various stakeholders.
