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MPI chooses Canadian CVB head as new CEO.

Publication: Business Travel News
Publication Date: 06-NOV-06 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Meeting Professionals International last month announced it had tapped board member Bruce MacMillan, president and CEO of the Tourism Toronto convention and visitors bureau, to be president and CEO. The appointment fills a post vacant since former CEO Colin Rorrie left abruptly in March.

Association leaders then signaled they planned to shift to more of a corporate management structure and opened positions for a CFO, which on July 3 was filled by Greg Lohrentz, and a COO.

"The COO position will be one of the first things that I start looking into," MacMillan said. "That will be a critically important role in what the future of MPI looks like."

MacMillan said he was approached by the CEO search committee for the position, but declined to offer a specific timeline...



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