ALAN STEEL
EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

Alan Steel is executive vice president for GLM®, a dmg world media business.

Alan is responsible for all marketing efforts, new business and e-commerce development for the company. In this capacity, he has directed the creation, growth and diversification for GLM-managed events including: Accent on Design®, SURTEX®; International Contemporary Furniture Fair® (ICFF); New York Home Textiles Show®; EX•TRACTS®: New discoveries in beauty and wellness, Global Home Textiles™ and Global Home Décor™.

Alan was instrumental in forging GLM’s industry partnerships with Western Exhibitors in 1993, Dallas Market Center (DMC) in 1997, dmg world media in 2000, Urban Expositions in 2001 and Reed Exhibitions in 2004. These partnerships resulted in GLM’s involvement in some 24 events related to the gift, home, New Age, and gourmet housewares industries, and expanded GLM’s geographic market coverage exponentially in the U.S. and Canada. Within the e-commerce arena, he coordinated a joint partnership with Point Force, a division of Tecsys, Inc., to bring hand-held sales-force automation to exhibitors in select GLM-managed events.

Alan is active in developing international markets for GLM. He has coordinated GLM’s sponsorship of North American exhibitors in Europe and the Far East. He was also responsible for the company’s management of The South African Trade Exhibition, an exhibition for South African companies seeking to develop partnerships in the United States.

Alan joined GLM in 1982, bringing more than 15 years of experience with the British government in a number of trade related positions: including Executive Officer at the Fairs and Promotions Branch of the Department of Trade and Industry in London, Vice Consul at the British Consulate in Chicago, and later Vice Consul (Commercial) at the British Trade Development Office in New York City.

Alan is a past member of the Board of Directors of the Westchester Convention and Visitors Bureau, and a current member of the International Association for Exposition Management (IAEM).

Alan currently resides in Greenwich, Connecticut, with his wife, Cathy. He has four children, Vicky, Alex, Thomas and William.

 

GLM, a dmg world media business
Ten Bank Street · White Plains, NY 10606-1954
(800) 272-SHOW or (914) 421-3200 Fax: (914) 948-6180
For information about GLM, a dmg world media business, contact Cathy Steel, vice president public relations,
or Cate Doyle, media manager. Telephone (914) 421-3342.



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