He added, “As evidenced by this promotion, we are blessed with a strong roster of talent in the events business and it’s nice to see our focus on employing top talent and then developing them as future company leaders, really paying off.”Īn industry veteran with 30-plus years of experience, Dickinson began his professional career with emap in publishing before moving into exhibitions.
He is also a strong leader and so this is a terrific move for both Simon and dmg events,” Kavan said. “Simon has a consistent and successful track record of launching, building and growing events – both large and small. Mellor, who currently is senior vice president for the Middle East & Asia, will replace Dickinson as president of the dmge Middle East and Asia. He added, “His division has delivered double-digit revenue and profit growth each of the last three years, while growing his teams and dmge’s reputation in the region.”ĭickinson will be assuming some of the COO roles that Poss currently has, as Poss shifts into his vice chairman position.Īs CEO, Dickinson will be responsible for all dmge businesses globally and will serve on the dmge Board. “Under Geoff’s leadership, our Middle East and Asia division has experienced outstanding growth expanding from eight events to twenty, which now take place in seven countries,” said Suresh Kavan, chairman of dmge. He joined the company in September 2010 and was instrumental in helping to expand its portfolio not only into the Middle East and Asia, but also Northern Africa. 1.ĭickinson is currently president of dmge Middle East and Asia, the largest division within dmge and headquartered in Dubai. The new appointments were announced at DMGT’s Investor Day presentation in London and will be effective beginning Oct. Suresh Kavan, who held both CEO and chairman titles of dmge, now will shift into a chairman role, but maintain his CEO position for dmg information.
U.K.-based Daily Mail and General Trust, owner of dmg :: events, recently made several executive changes, including promoting Geoff Dickinson to CEO, as well as Simon Mellor to senior vice president for the Middle East and Asia and Galen Poss to vice chairman.
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