IMEX chairman, Ray Bloom, presented the 2013 IMEX Academy Award for Africa & the Middle East to Sand, CEO of Uwin Iwin, a company he founded in 1994 and which today operates in Africa, the Middle East and Latin America. He is also chairman and co-founder of The Mason Sand Performance Academy, a leadership training and development company; director and shareholder of Ovation South Africa, a leading global Destination Management Company (DMC) and founder of the Youth Employment Index.
"The award was a great surprise and it's the level of care and relationship that Paul Flackett and Ray Bloom from IMEX put into knowing the personalities and players in the global industry that makes the IMEX award so special," shared Sand. "It is a real honor to be selected and recognised in this way; I am really grateful and delighted to have been a recipient of the IMEX Academy Award. Keep Winning IMEX!"
In addition to serving as Site's president, Sand has been a valued leader of the organisation serving on the board of his Site South Africa Chapter, leading the global Chapter Council and being honoured as the Site Member of the Year in 2008. His company Uwin Iwin has also been recognised with multiple Site Crystal Awards for excellence in motivational experiences and incentive travel program design.
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