New appointments at CRN annual general meeting

At the 2012 AGM of Congress Rental Network (CRN), Martin Wong from AV Image Systems (right) was nominated and elected as a Council Member, while Panagiotis Podimatas, from P.C. PODIMATAS AUDIOVISUAL S.A in Greece (below), was re-elected as the Chairman for the following year having already successfully served two years in the role. A graduate from the Ngee Ann Polytechnic in Singapore, Wong joined the then Rediffusion (Malaysia) as a Sales and Systems Design Engineer in the Special Projects Department where he was responsible for handling the sales and design. In 1990, Martin Wong left Rediffusion to set up his own company AV Image Systems to provide full AV rental services with professional support and total solutions. AV Image Systems was recommended to join the CRN in 2006 and at the 2012 AGM of GRC, Wong was elected as a Council Member. In 1984, Podimatas founded P.C. PODIMATAS AUDIOVISUAL S.A, which is constituted by expert departments of audio-visual equipment and services. The company counts numerous achievements, among them the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004, the Summit of the European Union of 2003 in Halkidiki, of 1994 in Corfu, of 1989 in Rhodes, the opening ceremony of the Acropolis Museum, the conference of OSCE and many others. In 2004, Podimatas was elected Vice-president of the council of the Hellenic Association of Professional Congress Organizers (HAPCO). In January 2010, he was elected as the Chairman of CRN and was the first Greek in the history of CRN to be elected as a chairman of the organisation.