Yogesh Mudras Promoted to Managing Director of UBM India

HONG KONG, Nov. 10, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- UBM Asia announces today that Yogesh Mudras has been promoted to Managing Director of UBM India Pvt Ltd.

Yogesh Mudras, Managing Director of UBM India Pvt Ltd

Yogesh was appointed the Acting Managing Director of UBM India in March 2015. Prior to this role, he had been the Finance Director of UBM India for more than five years, driving UBM India's business with major acquisitions, business development and database enhancement.

Jime Essink, President & CEO of UBM Asia, said: "Yogesh brought a wealth of experience to his interim position as Acting Managing Director. In the past months, he has further strengthened UBM India with new launches, a refreshed workforce and a strong will to grow the business in such an exciting and emerging market as India. Yogesh is well placed to lead our business in India."

Yogesh is a qualified Chartered Accountant and a Certified Public Accountant (USA). He has completed his Business Leadership Programme from the Duke University (USA). He is a Law Graduate from Mumbai University and has also completed his Bachelor of Commerce degree from the same university. He is also an Associate Member of Insurance Institute of India specialising in Marine Insurance and a certified ISO 9001 auditor.

He will continue to report to Michael Duck, Executive Vice President of UBM Asia.

For press enquiries, please contact:
Jennifer Law, Director of Corporate Marketing & Communications
UBM Asia
Tel: +852 2516 1691
Fax: +852 3749 7342
Email: Jennifer.Law@ubm.com

Jessica Wong, Senior Corporate Marketing & Communications Executive
UBM Asia
Tel: +852 2516 1679
Fax: +852 3749 7342
Email: Jessica.Wong@ubm.com

Notes to Editors

1. About UBM Asia (www.ubmasia.com)

Owned by UBM plc listed on the London Stock Exchange, UBM Asia is the largest trade show organiser in Asia and the largest commercial organiser in China, India and Malaysia. Established with its headquarters in Hong Kong and subsidiary companies across Asia and in the US, UBM Asia has a strong global presence in 24 major cities with 31 offices and 1,300 staff.

With a track record spanning over 30 years, UBM Asia operates in 20 market sectors with 230 dynamic face-to-face exhibitions and high-level professional conferences, 21 targeted trade publications, 18 round-the-clock online products for over 2,000,000 quality exhibitors, visitors, conference delegates, advertisers and subscribers from all over the world. We provide a one-stop diversified global service for high-value business matching, quality market news and online trading networks.

UBM Asia has extensive office networks in China, Southeast Asia and India, three of the world's fastest growing B2B events markets. UBM China has 11 offices in the major cities in mainland China, including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Hangzhou, Guzhen and Shenzhen, where we organise 90 exhibitions and conferences. In ASEAN, UBM Asia operates from its offices in Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore, Vietnam and the Philippines with 70 events in this region. UBM India teams in Mumbai, New Delhi, Bengaluru and Chennai organise 20 exhibitions and conferences every year across the country.

2. About UBM plc (www.ubm.com)

UBM plc is a leading global events-led marketing services and communications company. We help businesses do business, bringing the world's buyers and sellers together at events, online and in print. Our 5,000 staff in more than 20 countries are organised into specialist teams which serve commercial and professional communities, helping them to do business and their markets to work effectively and efficiently. Running over 300 events per year UBM is the second largest exhibitions organiser globally and the biggest commercial organiser in the US, mainland China, India and Malaysia.

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