New SCB boss Cannon clocks in for work in April

KUCHING: Mike Cannon will be clocking in for work as managing director of the Sarawak Convention Bureau (SCB) in April.

The current Association of Australian Convention Bureaux (AACB) executive director said in a SCB press release yesterday that his new ap-pointment was a welcome surprise after 11 years at the helm of the AACB. “I feel privileged and very honoured, not to mention excited about working with the talented and enthusiastic SCB team who flourished so brilliantly under (former SCB chief executive officer) Jill Henry’s expert guidance. “I’m only too aware that I’ll be following in mighty footsteps,” he said.

Cannon has worked with Trans Australia Airlines in Papua New Guinea, and later spent time with Qantas, then Dalgety Travel as manager of Victoria before starting his own destination management firm, AFIT-Specialist Tours. He was a founding board member of the National Tourism Alliance of Australia, has served on the board of the Australian Tourism Export Council for two years as chairman, and was an integral part of the Australian Tourism Minister’s Advisory Council.

A current councillor with the Business Events Council of Australia, Cannon has also served on various advisory boards and action groups, for example Southern Cross University’s Tourism Advisory Council and the Catherine Hill Bay Progress Association & Dune Care Inc.

Born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya, before moving to Australia, Cannon is a graduate of Harvard Business School with a Certificate of Owner/ President Management, in 1991 (OPM/ Hbs). His past achievements include convincing the Australian Federal Government and its Authority to recognise the importance of Business Events in Australia, worth A$17.3bil to Australia’s economy at the time.

-thestar online.

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