Members of UKEVENTS’ newly elected Executive Committee have been confirmed. Notably, Nick Morgan, commercial opportunities lead and chair of the Outdoor Events Working Group, has been re-elected, while Glenn Bowdin has been elected as vice chair and treasurer.
Meanwhile, Priya Narain, vice chair, takes over as chair of the Diversity, Skills and Talent Working Group from Caroline Jackson, who has stepped down from her role after serving a multi-year term on the UKEVENTS Executive Committee.
UKEVENTS has recognised Jackson as having been a pivotal member of the umbrella association, leading the work to update SIC and SOC codes and well as developing policies towards skills, diversity, and inclusivity.
As a newly elected member, Bowdin is the principal lecturer in events management at the UK Centre for Events Management, where he established events management degrees and master’s courses from 1996 onwards.
He was the founding chair of the Association for Events Management Education (AEME) where he continues to serve on the Executive Committee as Treasurer and has represented AEME at UKEVENTS (formerly BVEP) since 2006.
On his appointment, Bowdin said: “UKEVENTS is an organisation that has been increasingly active in supporting all sectors of the events industry over recent years. I will be championing events education and research and supporting the Executive Committee and partners in taking the industry forward.”
“Education plays a major role in supporting the sustainable growth of the events industry.”
Priya Narain is currently Purpose and Impact Manager at KERB, as well as co-founder of Event First Steps and Diverse Speaker Bureau, and has been part of the Diversity, Skills and Talent Working Group for two years. Prior to her time at KERB, Narain was the general manager of the Event Marketing Association (EMA).
On her new position, Narain said: “[The role] allows me to contribute to the important work that the associations are doing to support the industry.”
The new UKEVENTS Executive Committee is as follows:
- Chair – Chris Skeith, OBE
- Vice chair – Glenn Bowdin, Treasurer
- Vice chair – Nick Morgan, Commercial Opportunities lead (Chair of the Outdoor Events Working Group)
- Vice chair – Priya Narain, Chair of the Diversity, Skills and Talent Working Group
- Vice chair – Susan Tanner, Membership lead
- Advocacy and government relations lead – Michael Hirst OBE (Chair of the Advocacy & Government Relations Working Group)
- Special advisor communication/PR – Robert Wright
- Immediate past chair – Simon Hughes
