Jeroen van Hooff to lead Easyfairs in The Netherlands
New Managing Director brings extensive experience of talent management and call centre operations
Brussels, 13/07/2017: Easyfairs has appointed Jeroen van Hooff to head up the management team announced in April 2017 following the integration of Evenementenhal, which it acquired one year ago. Van Hooff (46) will commence with Easyfairs on 1 October 2017 and was until now Board member of ManpowerGroup The Netherlands.
Confirming Jeroen van Hooff’s appointment, Easyfairs Founder and CEO Eric Everard commented, “The events business is first and foremost a people business and Jeroen will draw on his extensive experience in recruitment and talent management as well as call centre operations to ensure our future success in The Netherlands. Easyfairs and Evenementenhal have successfully merged into a single corporate entity in The Netherlands and we have a clear new organisational structure in place. Jeroen’s appointment completes the picture.”
In April, Easyfairs appointed Cornelien Baijens and Martine Bramer-Bekmann as Directors to lead all Easyfairs events and the exhibition halls in Gorinchem, Hardenberg and Venray. Reporting to Jeroen van Hooff, Baijens, who has been with Easyfairs NL for more than 13 years, is responsible for all commercial tasks for the Gorinchem location. Bramer-Bekmann, who served with Evenementenhal for 14 years, is similarly responsible for Hardenberg and Venray.
Jeroen van Hooff is relishing his new challenge: “Since the merger, Easyfairs has moved into the global Top 20 in the exhibition industry. My goal is now to lead the company to be Number 1 in The Netherlands. This means we will need to recruit and develop talents to support growth as well as optimising our telesales processes in order to launch new events and build relationships with new prospects.”
Since 2013 Jeroen van Hooff has been a member of the leadership team at HR service provider ManpowerGroup Netherlands. As Managing Director he was responsible for ManpowerGroup Solutions and subsequently for Marketing & Communication and Business Development for ManpowerGroup Netherlands. Before joining ManpowerGroup, Van Hooff was active as Managing Director of the leading recruitment company Randstad and CEO of customer contact specialist Tele’Train-Verint. He studied at Erasmus University Rotterdam, IBO Zeist, Business University Nyenrode, TIAS Nimbas and the University of Navarra (Barcelona). Van Hooff is Chairman of the NCCA foundation. He is married and has two teenage sons.
About Artexis Easyfairs
Artexis Easyfairs enables communities to “visit the future” at must-attend events that anticipate their needs and present solutions in the ideal format.
Through Easyfairs, the Group currently organises more than 200 events in 18 countries (Algeria, Belgium, China, Denmark, Emirates, Finland, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States).
And through Artexis, it manages 11 events venues in the Benelux and Nordic regions (Ghent, Antwerp, 2 venues in Namur, Mechelen-Brussels North, Mons, Hardenberg, Gorinchem, Venray, Stockholm and Malmö). The Group employs more than 750 people and expects to generate revenues in excess of €169 million for its financial year 2016-2017.
Artexis Easyfairs strives to be the most adaptable, agile and effective player in the events industry by employing committed individuals, deploying the best marketing and technology tools, and developing strong brands. Visit the future with Artexis Easyfairs.
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Eric Everard
Group CEO
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Group COO
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