Professional marketing in new era

The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) Members' Group, Malta will be organising its first event with a talk delivered by Edgar Hibbert, emeritus professor of marketing at Middlesex University Business School, London.

The talk, entitled Professional Marketing in a New Business Era, will cover various contemporary issues in the field of marketing.

Prof. Hibbert's career began in the Wine Trade, with Harveys of Bristol. After completing a Master of Arts in Marketing at Lancaster University, he became an academic and has since lectured at the Universities of Nairobi, Edinburgh and Durham, and also in Australia and the US. He contributed to various publications and has worked for three years at the International Trade Centre UNCTAD/WTO, Geneva. Prof. Hibbert was director of Education and Training at CIM for eight years.

The talk will be held tomorrow at 4.30 p.m. at the Corinthia Hotel, St George's Bay, St Julians. For details and registration send an e-mail to c.briffa@yahoo.com today.

The Chartered Institute of Marketing Members' Group Malta is an integral part of CIM and is the link between CIM members in Malta and the head office in the UK.