EN Awards winners
The 15th edition of the EN Awards was held at Evolution London on 18 March
What a night ! The Exhibition News team was honoured and delighted to welcome you all the most brilliant celebration of the very best this industry has to offer .
All the winners showed us exactly what this industry is about . Amazing people , fantastic teams and first class shows . Our judges were wowed by so many outstanding entries .
This year we were especially delighted to include new awards for sustainability and diversity . These are going to be tough topics to tackle for all of us , but it was heartening to see the great efforts going in to these areas already .
We hope you enjoyed the well-deserved celebrations at Evolution London on 18 March .
Huge thanks must go to our headline sponsors CircData , Hubilo and Olympia London for their support .
The 2022 winners
The EN Pioneer Award EN Pioneer Award – Kevin Murphy ExCeL chairman Murphy ’ s career has included private publishing , exhibition businesses and senior corporate positions with large media owners , such as AGB , Maxwell Business Communications and Emap .
During his time as CEO of ExCeL he oversaw the investment of £ 165m from ExCeL ’ s owners , ADNEC to create a further 40,000 sqm of exhibit space and a new International Convention Centre for London . He also secured a further £ 55m investment in opening the UK ’ s first Aloft hotel .
A board member of London and Partners , the official promotion organisation for London , until 2017 , Murphy worked to attract international businesses to meet and exhibit in the UK capital city and to promote London internationally . In 2015 he joined the board of Visit Britain , the strategic body for inbound tourism and the National Tourism Agency , a public body funded by DCMS .
Murphy has served twice as chairman of the AEO , as a board member of ABC and also chairman of the AEV .
In 2016 he was awarded the OBE in recognition of his services to the business tourism industry .
Photos : Jonathan ‘ JT ’ Taylor at Aniseed Photo
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