Eric Everard

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
Born10 July 1964
Uccle, Brussels
NationalityBelgian
Alma materCatholic University of Louvain
Occupation(s)CEO and founder of Easyfairs Group

Biography

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
  1. "The AMR Top 20 exhibition organisers by revenue 2018". 10 October 2018.
  2. "Easyfairs remporte le trophée de « L'Entreprise de l'année® » 2018".
  3. "Easyfairs est l'Entreprise de l'Année 2018". 16 October 2018.
  4. ""Pour découvrir des nouveautés ou faire du networking, le salon est irremplaçable" (Eric Everard, CEO d'Easyfairs)". 16 October 2018.
  5. "La société bruxelloise Easyfairs désignée "entreprise de l'année"". 15 October 2018.
  6. "Easyfairs opens Åbymässan | expocheck.com". www.expocheck.com. Archived from the original on 2019-03-26.
  7. http://actions.trends.levif.be/actions/trends/manager-de-lannee/files/2012-eric-everard.pdf
  8. Mikolajczak, Charlotte (9 May 2009). "3 QUESTIONS À Eric Everard". Lalibre.be. Retrieved 2010-07-06.
  9. "TravelDailyNews 14 November 2008". Archived from the original on 7 August 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  10. "Expoweb.com". Archived from the original on 2010-11-13.
  11. "Eric Everard elected to UFI presidential trio". eventmagazine.co.uk.
  12. "Eric Everard élu Manager francophone de l'année 2012". lesoir.be. 4 May 2018.
  13. "Trends-Tendances magazine, 10 January 2013". Archived from the original on 12 January 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
  14. "Le manager de l'année du 9 janvier 2013, info : RTBF Vidéo". RTBF Vidéos.
  15. 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.
  16. "RTL 10 January 2013". Archived from the original on 19 February 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2013.
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