The Incentive Marketing Association for EMEA - IMA Europe - welcomes new members from a broad range of companies active in the areas of Incentives, Recognition, Reward, Employee Benefits, Loyalty, Prepaid, Gift Cards, Merchandise and Management, Social, & IT Consultancies.

1. IMA Europe Introduction
A welcome to prospective and new members
from EMEA
Version 6

2. Incentive Marketing Association –
our background
• IMA (Incentive Marketing Association) is a US based non-
profit organisation with over 500 members
• the world’s leading voice in the incentive marketplace
• provides education and information services, edits
publications, organizes conferences and seminars, represents
the incentive sector to the media, promotes investigation and
acts as a public relations conduit for members

3. Incentive Marketing Association Europe –
our purpose
• IMA Europe is the four year old arm of the IMA, with the main
purpose of building European wide awareness and growth of
the incentive industry
• IMA Europe will help your business to grow and become
more profitable, through networking, best practice, education
and friendship

4. Incentive Marketing Association Europe –
our mission
At the IMA Europe it is our mission to:
• promote the harmonisation,
recognition and development of
the incentive industry
• show best practice and seek to
raise and maintain industry
standards by sharing knowledge,
experience, legislative and
financial constraints and
guidelines.
• help to build a greater
understanding of incentive
marketing in Europe and the rest
of the world via its umbrella
organisation, IMA – US.

5. Our board includes industry experts from all over
Europe.
President, IMA Europe & Council
• Brian Dunne, Managing Director, SVM Europe
Vice Presidents, IMA Europe & Council
• Jonathan Grey, Managing Director, Ovation Incentives (UK) - Vice-President IMA Europe
• Mark Gregg, Managing Director, BONAGO Incentive Marketing Group (Germany) – Vice-
President Europe
Board of Directors, IMA Europe & Council
• Wayne Harrington, Director, Eden Red - Treasurer, IMA Europe
• Kevin Lake, Managing Director, Countdown Card (UK)
• Declan Byrne, UK Managing Director, The Gift Voucher Shop
• Sean Willkinson, Managing Director, Corporate Rewards
• Gunther Everaert, Managing Director, Swinggroup
• Andrew Wilmot, Managing Consultant, Maroon Elephant
• Wendy Carter, Publisher, Incentive and Motivation Magazine
Brian Dunne - President

6. Being a member of the IMA Europe offers many
benefits.
The following are key benefits to members:
• Promoting Incentives
• Networking
• Open door policy
• Members Meetings
• Sharing Best Practice
• Education and Data
• Research and Development
• Discounts
You can find further information about the membership benefits
on our website: http://www.imaeurope.com/member-
benefits/benefits-overview/

7. Who should join the IMA Europe?
• Employee Motivation
• Reward & Recognition
• Employee Benefits
• Customer Acquisition
• Customer Loyalty &
Retention
• Channel incentive agencies
• Merchandise, gift card,
prepaid, leisure, hotel &
experiences providers
• Performance Improvement
Companies
• Incentive Programs providers
• Fulfillment Houses
• Distributors and
Manufacturers
Representatives
• Sales Promotion Agencies
• Major Trade Publications
• Event Managers in the
incentive field
• Management, Social, Digital,
Gift Card & IT consultancies

8. What our members say about us:
“Being a member of the IMA provides a real opportunity to enhance my
current network and create professional relationships. As a group we learn
about breaking news and best practice from within the Incentive &
Recognition industry.” Sean Wilkinson – Corporate Rewards
“IMA Europe provides great opportunities focused on networking. The
members of IMA Europe are industry professionals from different sectors
which is great to learn and understand how recognition and incentives work
from sector to sector” Jonathan Grey – Ovation Incentives
“As a member I profit a lot from the international incentive marketing
network. Especially the strategic partnerships and the exchange of specific
knowledge with other experts are a great advantage of the membership.”
Mark Gregg – BONAGO

9. The IMA Europe holds members meetings on a
regular basis to promote the networking.
• The next members meeting will be held
on the afternoon of the 1st
October
2014 in Wiesbaden (Germany). It will be
part of the International Gift Card &
Couponing Summit which offers a
discount to IMA Europe members.
For further information please refer to:
http://www.imaeurope.com/ai1ec_eve
nt/igccs/?instance_id=180
• You can find all our events on
http://www.smartelephant.com/about/
events/

10. You can find further information online.
For further information about the IMA Europe please use one of the
following channels:
•Website: www.imaeurope.com
•LinkedIn: IMA Europe Council
•Twitter: www.twitter.com/IMAEurope

11. It is easy to become a member.
If you would like to become a member or
receive more information about us there are
two ways to do so:
•Just contact us on michelle@imaeurope.com
or by phone on +44 844 842 1670
•Join us at one of the next members
meetings. Even if you are not a member (yet)
potential members can attend the meetings
free of charge and get to know the IMA
Europe.
You can find the information on our events
page:
http://www.imaeurope.com/about/events/