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Timothy
McGuinness,
executive director of
NYC & Company, will
become the staff vice
president of business
development for the
International Council
Tim McGuinness of Shopping Centers
(ICSC) on June 2. Prior
to NYC & Company, McGuinness spent
17 years with Reed Exhibitions and its
predecessor Cahners Exposition Group.
He rose to the rank of vice president
of operations at Reed. There was no
immediate word from NYC & Company
on who would replace McGuinness.
Reach him at (646) 728-3800 or
tmcguinness@icsc.org
Andy Tompkins has taken on the
additional role of show director for
Nielsen Business Media’s Interbike events
and the Health+Fitness Business Expo &
Conference. Tompkins was given the formal
title of group show director for Action
Sports Retailer (ASR), Cycling and Fitness
Groups at Nielsen Business Media.
Tompkins will take over the Interbike
International Bicycle Expo and OutDoor Demo
shows produced by Nielsen’s Interbike
unit and will continue as show director
for ASR. Lance Camisasca, who left
Interbike in January to form Lifeboat
Solutions, will continue as a consultant
to the Interbike events. Reach Andy at
(949) 226-5712 or andy.tomkins@nielsen.
com; Lance at (949) 444-8805 or lance@
lifeboatsolutions.com
Steel, Payne Named EVPs by dmg
By Hil Anderson, senior editor
San Francisco, CA - Alan Steel was
named executive vice president of
Business-to-Retail, dmg world media
(B2R), a division formed after dmg
completed the acquisition of GLM last
October. The B2R division unites GLM’s
operations with all of dmg world media’s
North American gift business on the West
coast and in Canada, and the Surf Expo
group. Prior to this appointment, Steel
was executive vice president and partner,
GLM.
Another top GLM executive, Jack
Withiam, was named senior vice
president and general counsel of dmg
world media, while George “Jeff”
Little II will remain as a strategic adviser
to Steel. All of them will remain based at
the GLM office in White Plains, NY.
The company also promoted
Duncan Payne to the newly created
position of executive vice-president,
business development where he will assist
in the planning of show launches and
Alan Steel
Jack Withiam
acquisitions.
Payne, who launched Fitness Expo
and also worked with various dmg shows
and publications in the United Kingdom,
was most recently regional vice president
for dmg’s Home Interest North America
group. He will remain in the Toronto
office.
Mike Cooke, CEO of dmg and also
the chairman and president of GLM, said
the moves announced May 20 reflected
a thorough recruiting process that took
place after the GLM acquisition. dmg
world media produces 300 trade shows,
consumer shows and fairs each year
and publishes 45 related magazines,
newspapers, directories and market
reports.
Reach Alan at (914) 421-3200 or
alan_steel@glmshows.com; Jack at (914)
421-3200 or jack_withiam@glmshows.
com; Jeff at (914) 421-3200 or jeff_little@
glmshows.com; Duncan at (416) 385-1880
or duncanpayne@dmgworldmedia.com
Jeff Little
Duncan Payne
Nielsen Business Media moved Brian
Pagel, vice president of its Apparel
Group, into a new position as vice
president of the Kitchen and Bath Group.
Pagel replaced Cory Smith and took over
management of the Kitchen/Bath Industry
Show & Conference (K/BIS) and the Kitchen
& Bath Business (K+BB) publication.
Pagel joined Nielsen in 1998 and was
named group show director for Imprinted
Sportswear Shows in 2005. He became vice
president of the Apparel Group last year.
Reach Brian at (770) 291- 5409 or brian.
pagel@nielsen.com
Steve Basnett was
promoted to the newly
created position of
director, trade shows
and events where he
will be responsible
for the Canadian
Security Association’s
Steve Basnett (CANASA) four
annual shows. Steve
has been with CANASA for two years,
previously as show manager, and has been
in the industry for 18 years. CANASA
organizes four regional shows under the
Security Canada brand. Reach Steve at (905)
513-0622, ext. 224, or sbasnett@cansa.org
Christina Pappas was named director
of conventions and meetings at the
Specialty Graphic Imaging Association.
She replaced Sylvia Hall, who
retired in February. Pappas was most
recently working as an independent
meetings consultant for associations and
corporations. Her career in the meetings
and conventions industry has spanned
more than 20 years with organizations
such as the American Diabetes
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