After 17 years as AES Executive Director, Roger Furness is to step down at the end of 2011. His replacement will be sought through an Executive Director search committee.
‘It has been an exhilarating and deeply gratifying experience,’ he says. ‘I have thoroughly enjoyed collaborating with Convention Committees on nearly 40 major events in the United States and throughout Europe. I have also been privileged to work with AES members around the world on hundreds of Conferences, Workshops and internal events. I take great pride in these accomplishments and in having guided the AES through the particularly difficult times experienced by the entire professional audio industry over the past decade. I look forward to continuing to contribute my time and energy to this indispensable organisation in future years.’
An AES member since 1975, Furness has served as Section Chair, VP AES Europe and as AES President. To ensure continuity in all aspects of the AES organisation, the Executive Committee has asked him to remain as Executive Director Emeritus throughout 2012.
‘Roger Furness has performed an important and extremely difficult job for the AES for the past 17 years,’ says Audio Engineering Society President, Jim Kaiser. ‘We greatly appreciate his decision to continue working with us after a qualified replacement has been found, to insure a smooth transition.’
A Call For Application announcement will be forthcoming.
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