Eric Everard is the CEO and Founder of the Brussels-based company Easyfairs, which is currently ranked by AMR International as the world’s 18th largest exhibition organizer.
[5] In addition to organising events, the company manages exhibition venues in Belgium, Sweden and the Netherlands.
Two years later he co-founded his first exhibition, Salon de l’Etudiant (the Student Fair) in Belgium, extending it to other European countries with the launch of the Erasmus Programme.
[7] In 1997 Everard founded Artexis, organizer of the fine art fair, Art Brussels, which takes place at Tour & Taxis, and the European antiques exhibition, Eurantica, which takes place annually at Brussels Expo and was acquired by Artexis in […] In 2001, Everard took on directorships at The Best of Group s.a., the exhibition halls in Antwerp and the Palais des Expositions in Namur.
Everard was presented with the "Manager de l'Année 2012" award by Belgian Prime Minister Elio Di Rupo in a ceremony at Brussels Expo on 9 January 2013.