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EXECUTIVE COMMITEE
Christian Merieau
Managing director, Samuel Creations
Executive Committee Member, responsible for Events
What will your new role entail?
My role will be to develop a conceptual framework detailing the type of events that would be of most interest to APID members. From my perspective, the events hosted by APID should provide a platform for relationship building and an opportunity for the community to debate topics affecting our business in the Middle East. We expect to host six major events in 2010. One important event for all interior designers to keep in mind will be the new Festival of Interior Design that will put an annual spotlight on the region’s creative potential.
Jan Arentoft
Manager, A&D, Gemaco Furniture
Executive Committee Member,
responsible for Education
What will your new role entail?
All APID members already have a high level of education, as they are graduates from all over the world. But if we want to keep up with our colleagues ‘back home’, it is important to maintain, develop and refresh our competencies, so that our companies can provide the same or a better level of service, and can handle overseas competition. We need to stay tuned for new challenges and to provide optimal solutions for our clients and the communities we help create.
Gianni Sharrouf
Business development and marketing
manager, Purity
Executive Committee Member, responsible for International Relations
What will your new role entail?
As chairman of the international relations committee, my role will include developing regional chapters for APID, twinning APID with other regional and international design associations, helping bring international design events and inspirational speakers to the UAE, teaming up with international awards organisations and developing the relationship between the interior design community in the UAE and abroad.
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Nathalie Habib
Group marketing and PR manager,
Greenline Group
Executive Committee Member, responsible for PR and Marketing
What will your new role entail?
I will put in place a marketing strategy that provides new initiatives that meet APID objectives. The most important input I will provide is creating communication platforms that will raise the profile and image of this association in the eyes of the media, industry professionals and both the local and regional economic and commercial sectors.
Nemr Sidani
Managing director, Archdome Interiors
Executive Committee Member, responsible for Membership
What will your new role entail?
I will be in charge of the membership committee, which has the role of increasing APID memberships. This will be done by putting in place a robust action plan which will try to cover most of the design community not only in Dubai but also in the Middle East. APID is tackling problems that we as professional interior designers face every day. By uniting, we will strengthen the interior design industry and this will be for the benefit of everybody: interior designers, clients and suppliers.
ADDITIONAL MEMBERS
Kenneth Laidler
Chairman, KLD
Past president
A 7th board membership will be reserved for the universities and will be rotated amongst them.
Faten Alsarraf
Managing director, Final Fix Interiors
Executive Committee Member, responsible for Professional Practice.
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