The UFI Board of Directors has elected Hugh Jones, CEO of RX, to lead the association as president in 2024-25.
Jones joins the UFI Presidential Trio for the November 2023–November 2024 term. The Trio consists of:
- Geoff Dickinson (CEO, dmg events), president
- Hugh Jones (CEO, RX), incoming president
- Michael Duck (EVP – commercial development, Informa Markets), outgoing president
Jones will become UFI president at the 91st UFI Global Congress in Cologne, Germany, in November 2024.
Jones joined RELX, RX’s mother company, in 2011, following the purchase of Accuity where he was chief executive officer. In addition to leading Accuity, he has also led Fircosoft, NRS, I.C.I.S, Estates Gazette (EG) and Cirium; and before joining RX he was global managing director within the Risk and Business Analytics Division. Jones’s experience has seen him lead large-scale acquisitions and subsequent integrations of many companies that now reside and prosper within the RELX portfolio. Hugh joined RX as CEO at the start of 2020.
Michael Duck, UFI’s current president, says: “Hugh Jones brings with him a wonderful perspective on our business on a global scale. He has excellent feel as to market sentiment and I am 100% sure he will bring many new ideas especially in digital in the years to come. RX is one of the world’s most important exhibition companies. Having Hugh in the UFI presidential trio and as president of UFI as from November 2024 will bring added experience to UFI’s work and guidance.”
Hugh Jones adds: “I am delighted and honoured to be joining the UFI presidential trio team this November. It’s a really exciting time for the exhibitions industry, with so much innovation in all corners of the world and UFI has a front row seat to it all. I can’t wait to get started and to support the team as we make the magic happen.”
