Yaşar Gűvenen has been sworn in as the 16th president of FESPA, in a ceremony at the FESPA Awards Gala Dinner at Flora Köln during FESPA 2015 in Cologne, Germany. He accepted the chain of office from outgoing president and fellow FESPA board member Lascelle Barrow, who has served in the role of President since June 2013. As a new FESPA president, Yaşar Gűvenen now chairs the FESPA Board and the General Assembly of the organisation’s 37 member associations and will work with FESPA CEO Neil Felton to deliver the FESPA strategy. Yaşar Gűvenen joined the FESPA board in 2008, following nomination by ARED, FESPA’s Turkish member association, of which he also served as President from 2006 to 2008. As a board member, he has had specific inputs to the launch and development of all exhibitions outside Western Europe, including FESPA Eurasia in Istanbul, as well as European Sign Expo.
Yaşar Gűvenen as 16th president of FESPA
