George P Johnson’s Chief Executive steps down

George P Johnson’s (GPJ) Chief Executive, Kim Myhre, has left the meeting and events experiential agency. He has been put on gardening leave, as of 2 September.
 
The President of Project: Worldwide, Larry Vallee, has assumed the role of Chief Executive Project: Worldwide. Project: Worldwide is a network of specialised marketing companies within GPJ.
 
Peter Streicher has also been appointed Senior VP and MD of GPJ and Olivier Vallee has been appointed VP and Commercial Director of GPJ.
 
“GPJ´s position in the European market has been further strengthened due to these changes and we remain financially rock solid,” a company spokesperson said.
 
In 2011, GPJ organised 500 meetings and incentive programmes for clients such as Cisco and Honda and in April, GPJ signed a strategic partnership agreement with Action Impact, which will represent GPJ in the Middle East and North ica. It also signed a similar agreement with PS Communications in northern Europe.
 
Sixty per cent of GPJ’s meetings and events were held outside of the US and it was founded in 1914.
 
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