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New Chairman Elected At The Chartered Institute
of Marketingˇ¦s AGM
At The Chartered Institute of Marketingˇ¦s AGM meeting, held
at its Moor Hall offices on January 15, 2008, Chris Lenton
was elected as The Instituteˇ¦s new Chairman and takes up the
two year role immediately. Chris will continue in his current
role as a full time director of The Institute of Chartered
Secretaries and Administrators, the qualifying body for company
secretaries, where he heads their Group Marketing function.
No stranger to The Chartered Institute of Marketing, Chrisˇ¦s
institutional career began with him assuming the role of Finance
Director and Secretary of The Institute in the early nineties;
where he went on to hold the posts of Commercial Director,
Managing Director (CIM Holdings), Chief Operating Officer,
and acting CEO on three occasions during his tenure. Chris
left The Institute some five years ago to take up a series
of non-executive directorships and was invited to become the
Chairman of two companies; Immogenics a healthcare company
dealing in blood analysis, and Hidden Differences Group (HDG)
a software Company dealing web accessibility.
Chrisˇ¦s career as a director has centred on strategic planning,
marketing and corporate governance. Ethics and corporate social
responsibility have played a key part in his business philosophy.
Chris has qualified as a Chartered marketer, Chartered Secretary
and Chartered Certified Accountant. He began work for BCI
Plc, a speciality chemical company in finance and mergers
and acquisitions. His financial career continued with Motorola
Inc in their IT business before moving into general management
with Perkin Elmer Inc in their IT business.
The composition of The Chartered Institute of Marketingˇ¦s
Board of Trustees for this year (2008/09) is as follows:
Chris Lenton ˇV Chairman
Peter Standing ˇV Vice Chairman
Professor Michael Baker
Dr Lisa Harris
Professor Phil Harris
Andrew Harvey
Colin Linton
Alyson Mar
Derek Scott
Professor Caroline Tynan
Douglas Vinton
Lasantha Wickremesooriya
Professor Steve Worthington
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