Melville Recruits New Director of Contracting Services for Melville Middle East

Published January 22nd, 2009 - 09:48 GMT
Al Bawaba
Al Bawaba

(Business Wire) - Melville Exhibition and Event Services, a GES Worldwide Network company, today announced the appointment of Yasser al Maaytah as director for Melville Middle East full-service contracting services.
Al Maaytah joined the business on the 5th January and is working from Melville Middle East’s offices at the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition Centre (ADNEC). Al Maaytah was formerly senior operations director, Middle East at dmg world media Middle East. He has a MBA degree from Kent Business School in the U.K., a BA in Business Administration from the University of Jordan and is fluent in English, Arabic and Russian.
Melville Middle East is the exclusive provider of venue services at ADNEC, providing rigging and specialist lighting features in addition to exclusive venue services, including electrical mains, piped services, primary rigging and floor mark out. The full-service offering will extend Melville’s business into shell scheme, stand wiring, furniture, carpet, graphics, logistics, custom design and build, and data and registration.
Melville CEO Nick Marshall says, “The appointment of Yasser is the next stage of our drive to bring Melville’s full-service business to our organiser clients in the Middle East. His focus is launching Melville’s official services contracting business in the United Arab Emirates. Yasser will have the support and resources of both Melville in the U.K. and the entire GES Worldwide Network.”
Melville COO Jason Popp adds, “Yasser comes to Melville with a wealth of experience on the contractor and the organiser sides of the business. He intimately understands the key venues throughout the Middle East and is familiar with Melville’s dedication to unparalleled customer service. He is a great addition to our growing team servicing Middle East organisers and exhibitors.”
*Source: ME NewsWire
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About Melville:
Melville Exhibition and Event Services Limited, a GES Worldwide Network company, is the U.K.’s leading exhibition and events services contractor with offices in Birmingham, London, Manchester, Glasgow and Abu Dhabi. Melville provides a wide range of exhibition and event services, including stand design and build, electrical installations including theatrical lighting, graphic services, logistics, furniture hire, floor coverings, venue services, data and registration and floor planning services. Melville provides services to many well-known shows including the U.K.’s largest exhibition, the Spring Fair, the British International Motor show, Clothes Show Live, and Ipex. For more information visit www.melville.co.uk.