Lyn Lewis-Smith, chief executive of Business Events Sydney, and Gary Grimmer, chair of GainingEdge, have been awarded the inaugural The Iceberg Excellence Awards for Advocacy of the Business & Professional Events Sector at the AIME Leaders Forum hosted by Australian Business Events Association (ABEA).

Tourism and business events consultancy GainingEdge has appointed Steen Jakobsen as its next CEO, ending a 17-month interim period and signaling a new phase in the firm’s leadership. Jakobsen held prominent roles at the Copenhagen Convention Bureau, leading the organization for 7 years. He later served almost a decade as Vice President of Dubai Business Events, where he oversaw the destination’s international meetings growth and helped launch the…