New Managing Director for Kenes Latin America and creation of JZKenes Brazil
Since the beginning of the year 2011, important developments for the Kenes Group in the South American Continent are taking place, with the appointment of a new Managing Director for Kenes Latin America and with the creation of JZ Kenes Brazil. The offices of Kenes Latin America and JZ Kenes Brazil will form ideal synergies in this very active and rapidly developing part of the world and will provide top quality services to the medical scientific community in the region.
As of January 2011 a joint venture between the respected PCO company JZ Congressos and Kenes Group has been established, operating under the name JZKenes Brazil with offices in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo. JZ Congressos under the expert leadership of Juarez Augusto de Carvalho Filho as executive director and his experienced team bring some 30 years of expertise in the professional medical congress management in Brazil to the Kenes Group. By combining the valued Brazilian expertise and the Kenes Group skills, systems, development potential and on-going support, Brazilian medical associations and organising committees are ensured of the best possible support and effectiveness in achieving their goals for the successful management of medical scientific congress and associations in Brazil.
Gonzalo Perez Constanzó has been appointed Managing Director of Kenes Latin America, as from April 1, 2011 (see picture enclosed).
Kenes International had been responsible for several congresses in the region when it decided to open their first permanent offices in 2008, based in Santiago de Chile. From these offices they serve all their customers in the Latin American continent. Gonzalo Perez Constanzó brings his vast experience in the conference world to his new position. He has been Director of Operations at Tilesa Kenes Spain (TKS) since 2008. The Santiago office will keep close links with the Madrid one and Perez Constanzó will remain a Director at TKS. An Argentine national, he started his career in Buenos Aires with Congresos Internacionales for ten years. He then joined the World Bank in Washington, DC, where he was involved with the Annual Assembly (over 10,000 participants) and other meetings of the institution, all over the world. In 2008 he joined Tilesa OPC, which became Tilesa Kenes Spain in early 2010.
Gonzalo Perez Constanzó is thrilled about being back on a permanent basis in the region. “After years of building experience in different positions overseas, it is a wonderful challenge to become managing director of this office. I know that by combining our Latin creativity and professionalism, together with Kenes’ well-known efficiency, we are providing top-notch services to the region’s congresses”.
At different points in his career, Gonzalo has been a Board member of ICCA representing the PCOs, and President of the ICCA Latin American Chapter; Secretary of Welcome Argentina Foundation and currently serves in the IAPCO Council as Vice President. An enthusiast of his profession, he is frequently a speaker at training events, such as the IAPCO Annual Wolfsberg Seminar.
Kenes Group is a truly global company with regional and local presence. Organizing medical scientific congresses wherever and whenever, backed up by executive offices in Geneva, London, Munich, Hamburg, Berlin, Leipzig, Madrid,Barcelona, Istanbul, Tel-Aviv, Singapore, Bangkok. Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Santiago de Chile and Amsterdam (as of July 1). With its major asset being the Kenes staff of some 400 professionals worldwide ensuring that the Kenes' experience, expertise, values and ethics , and delivery of client benefits are upheld throughout the Group.
Everything Kenes does is about servicing the need of their clients to share knowledge and to build professional networks. With that in mind Kenes organizes and facilitates the best possible opportunities allowing for the sharing of medical scientific knowledge: in congresses, in educational webcasts, dedicated social media, by applying functional meeting architecture, improving networking opportunities before, during and after events, by creating knowledge portals and by providing the associations Kenes works for with the support and expertise enabling them to do so. Kenes has organized over 2,800 congresses in over 100 countries, attracts around 110,000 attendees per year, and some 54 long-term clients. The company provides association management and consultancy services to over 16 medical and scientific organizations with a combined 20.000 membership. Since 1972, Kenes has been a member of ICCA (the International Congress and Convention Association), and of IAPCO (the International Association of Professional Congress Organizers).
For further information please contact:
Quirine Laman Trip, Kenes Group BD Director
qlamantrip@kenes.com
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