On February 1, 2012, Luc Hendrickx joined Kenes Group as Chief Operating Officer (COO), Global Operations. Luc will also serve as member of the Executive Board. Luc will be responsible for the operational development of the regional and national offices (Kenes Asia, Kenes India, Kenes Turkey, Kenes UK, Tilesa-Kenes Spain, JZ Kenes Brazil and Kenes Latin America) and for corporate governance. Luc’s joining is the highpoint of a long and fruitful professional friendship between him and Kenes – dating back to the early 1980s.
Luc is a congress management professional with unparalleled experience and expertise. Over the last two decades, Luc served in two of the most respected international medical scientific societies. He led the in-house strategic development and operations of the European Cancer Conference (ECCO) and the World Diabetes Congress. Luc was also Executive Director of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), where he was responsible for governance.
Luc is also the founding President of the Board of the Association & Conference Forum (AC Forum), an international network of association and congress executives.
By bringing Luc into the Kenes Group family, the company is ensuring that the promise to its clients, to deliver top level congress management support, is delivered – anywhere, anytime.
The high standards expected from committees, speakers and delegates means that Kenes must be diligent in following through on its promise to be the most effective way to build and maintain medical scientific knowledge and professional networks.
When Luc is not travelling for Kenes, he will be working from Antwerp, Belgium.
See Luc’s video message .
In 2011, Kenes International welcomed eight new long term clients and two current clients decided to extend their contracts with the company.
Long term clients have chosen to continue their relationships with Kenes because they understand that it’s the best way to build and develop their congresses and associations.
Still, due to a variety of developments, two long-standing clients of Kenes International will be parting ways with the company: 1) EFNS will be ending its association with Kenes International as a result of the merger of two societies; 2) EASL awarded a one- year contract for 2014 to a colleague PCO.
Kenes Group subsidiary companies were contracted in 2011 by some 60 clients for congress management in their respective countries and regions.
For a full list please visit our website on www.kenes.com
Kenes Group has 46 years experience in organising medical and scientific conferences. Today, Kenes has 15 offices, with three Kenes International offices in Geneva, Tel Aviv and Amsterdam, regional offices in Asia and Latin America and seven national offices in Brazil, Germany, India, Israel, Spain, Turkey and the UK.
Kenes hosted approximately 115,000 conference attendees in 2011, has 108 long term clients and offers association management services to 28 medical and scientific organizations, which serve 29,160 members.
In 2011, Kenes organised 2857 conferences in 104 countries.
From Santiago to Bangkok, over 400 staff members from a rich and diverse variety of cultures and backgrounds work for Kenes.
Kenes Group: Dan Rivlin, Avi Rosner, Luc Hendrickx, Quirine Laman Trip
Kenes Associations Worldwide: Isabella Mortara -Kenes Education: Keith Foley
Kenes Asia: Marcel Ewals - Kenes Latin America: Gonzalo P. Constanzó,
JZ Kenes Brazil: Juarez de Carvalho Filho - Kenes India: Ritu Saigal
Interplan: Bruno Lichtinger, Markus Preussner - Kenes Turkey: Sadik Caglar
Kenes UK: Michael Foreman - Tilesa Kenes Spain: Carlos R. De Sebastian
For further information please contact:
Quirine Laman Trip, Kenes Group Director Business Development
T direct: +31 651432856,Email: qlamantrip@kenes.com
Site: www.kenes.com
Luc Hendrickx, newly appointed Chief Operating Officer, Kenes Group. See Luc’s video message.
