The European Sponsorship Association (ESA), the membership body that seeks to inspire, unite and grow the sponsorship industry, held its AGM on Wednesday 10th July with the main order of business being the election of five new members to its 15-person Board of Directors.
Board Directors Mike Hope-Milne of Pearl & Dean, Risto Oksanen of The Finnish Sponsorship and Events Association and Jenny Seymour of The British Paralympic Association were newly elected at the AGM and will sit on the ESA Board with immediate effect.
Board Directors Nigel Geach of Nielsen Sports and Andy Westlake of Westlake Consulting were re-elected at the AGM, as Vice-Chairman and Chairman respectively.
The Association would like to offer its warmest thanks to Jackie Fast of REBEL Pi, Fredda Hurwitz of RedPeg and Tanya Rabin of Tanya Rabin Consulting who have decided to step down.
All three will remain involved with ESA, with Jackie Chairman of the ESA Awards Committee, Fredda helping to build our presence and that of the ESA Diploma in the USA in her role as a Non-Director Board Advisor and Tanya as part of the Education workstream .
Andy Westlake, Chairman of ESA commented,
We’ve had a terrific 12 months since last year’s AGM with a continued focus to deliver our mission to ‘inspire, unite and grow the sponsorship industry.
We’ve launched a number of new initiatives this year, including our partnerships with SponsorLive in Brussels and with the team at Cannes Lions, helping to raise awareness of the inaugural Entertainment Lions for Sport. We’ve also continued to build our core member benefits, delivering more events, improved education programmes (including another bumper class for the 2019 ESA Diploma) and a wide range of resources and policy guidance.
As we continue to bring new members in to our community, our aim is to continue to improve the value that our members see as a result of their involvement with the Association”.
Find out more about ESA’s Board of Directors.
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About European Sponsorship Association:
The European Sponsorship Association (ESA) is a membership association whose mission is to inspire, unite and grow the sponsorship industry for the benefit of its members. ESA does this through education, guidance, representation, the recognition of excellence and the sharing of best practice and performance. Its many activities, which include policy, governance and corporate responsibility, education and training, information, networking and the ESA Awards, all have these goals as their core objectives.
ESA’s reach encompasses all types of sponsorship activity from sport, broadcast, education, the arts and culture, through to environment and the community. Its membership includes sponsors, rights holders, agencies and consultants, professional advisors and suppliers.
For more information please contact:
Charlie Staerck
Marcomms & Events Manager – European Sponsorship Association (ESA)
e: charliestaerck@sponsorship.org| t: +44 (0)20 8390 3311 | www.sponsorship.org