{"id":9667,"date":"2013-04-02T18:23:51","date_gmt":"2013-04-02T09:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.exhibitionindustrynews.co.uk\/?p=2389"},"modified":"2013-04-02T18:23:51","modified_gmt":"2013-04-02T09:23:51","slug":"andrew-kennedy-elected-as-vice-chair-of-essa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eventbiz.net\/english\/?p=9667","title":{"rendered":"Andrew Kennedy elected as vice-chair of ESSA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_2390\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"width: 210px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.exhibitionindustrynews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Andrew-Kennedy-ESSA-vice-chair.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2389]\" title=\"Andrew Kennedy elected as vice-chair of ESSA\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2390\" alt=\"Andrew Kennedy ESSA vice chair 200x300 Andrew Kennedy elected as vice chair of ESSA Exhibition News\" src=\"http:\/\/www.exhibitionindustrynews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/Andrew-Kennedy-ESSA-vice-chair-200x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" title=\"Andrew Kennedy elected as vice chair of ESSAExhibition News\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Andrew Kennedy, ESSA vice chair<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>At it&#8217;s most recent board meeting the Event Supplier &amp; Services Association (ESSA) has elected director of Perton Signs, Andrew Kennedy to the position of vice-chair. Kennedy will be working alongside ESSA and GES chairman EMEA Nick Marshall and ESSA director Chris Skeith to continue the associations drive to support members and the industry. Kennedy brings with him over 29 years experience in the industry.<\/p>\n<p>Kennedy said, &#8220;I am delighted to be able to take up the position of vice-chair of ESSA. Perton Signs is approaching 150 years of trading and as the first member of both ESSA and its predecessor BECA, membership 001 of both, I felt that the time was right to take on this role. I am looking forward to working with Nick and Chris in the coming months.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Marshall commented, &#8220;I am delighted to have Andrew working as vice-chair, he brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the board and he will be a great ambassador for the association.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The ESSA chair serves a two year term and is succeeded by the vice-chair.\n<\/p>\n<div class='kindleWidget kindleLight' ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.exhibitionindustrynews.co.uk\/wp-content\/plugins\/send-to-kindle\/media\/white-15.png\" title=\"Andrew Kennedy elected as vice chair of ESSAExhibition News\" alt=\"white 15 Andrew Kennedy elected as vice chair of ESSA Exhibition News\" \/><span>Send to Kindle<\/span><\/div>\n<p>The post <a href=\"http:\/\/www.exhibitionindustrynews.co.uk\/2013\/04\/andrew-kennedy-elected-as-vice-chair-of-essa\/\">Andrew Kennedy elected as vice-chair of ESSA<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.exhibitionindustrynews.co.uk\">Exhibition Industry News<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At it&#8217;s most recent board meeting the Event Supplier &#038; Services Association (ESSA) has elected director of Perton Signs, Andrew Kennedy to the position of vice-chair. 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