ISES UK’s new President outlines plans for future at AGM

The International Special Events Society (ISES) gathered 200 members and industry professionals at EGG London last night (8th September) for its AGM. New president Kelly Baker took the opportunity to outline her plans for the year ahead, including forging closer relationships with other international ISES chapters in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

In a press briefing before the AGM Kelly Baker explained: “We’re reminding members that we are a global association, and that there are global opportunities and ways of connecting with people globally.

“We’re one of the chapters with the fastest growing membership database, and we’ve increased our members quite considerably compared to other ISES chapters within the EMEA region and the US. We’re quite well placed globally.”

Director at large Robert Dunsmore will help Baker achieve this by pushing to get ISES UK’s UKTI recognition in an effort to promote the association globally.
 
A number of national goals are also on the agenda, including making ISES UK the first event industry association to achieve ISO20121 accreditation. Director at Large Nicole Hatch is in charge of driving that forward, and Kelly Baker hopes to tick that box before her presidency ends in summer 2015.
 
“We’ve got about another six to 12 months to go,” she said, “so it may be that it’s not quite achieved by the end of my year, but that’s what we’re pushing for.”
 
With the largest ever UK Board in place - 18 members in total - ISES UK is hoping to recruit more creatives within the industry.
Baker is targeting boosting the membership from 171 to over 200 before President Elect Kevin Jackson, George P Johnson Vice-President, takes the reins in 2015.

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