Andrew Horsfield, Senior Account Manager
Profession: Senior account manager.
Years of experience: Eight years as a corporate and senior sales manager in hotel industry; six years as a real estate broker; former TV commercial writer and producer.
Industry affiliations: Member, National Meetings Industry Day Committee, Green Meetings Task Force, MPI Ottawa Chapter. Member, CSAE Special Events Committee, Ottawa Chapter. Former Director of Strategic Education, MPI Ottawa Chapter. Former President, MPI Manitoba Chapter, (two terms). Former fundraising chair, MPI Manitoba Chapter. Member, MPI Foundation Canada organizing committee.
Favourite current reading: Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson, Learning Meetings and Conferences in Practice by Steen Elsborg & Ib Ravn, and lots of magazines.
Favourite recent reading: Small Giants by Bo Burlingham, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephan Covey, 1492 by James Axtell, Guns, Germs and Steel and Collapse by Jarad Diamond, The Upside of Down by Thomas Homer-Dixon, The Tipping Point by Malcom Gladwell, and lots of magazines.
Passions: My wife and daughter, golf, getting together with friends and neighbours (usually accompanied by copious amounts of home-made wine), home renovations. Did I mention golf and wine? Both items should definitely be up there.
Proud moment: After 20 years of marriage, my family is a continuous source of pride. But I have to sheepishly admit that when I finish some home renovation project such as tiling a bathroom or building a deck, I am pretty proud, even if a tradesperson would laugh at the workmanship. Or when I hit a 250 yard drive right down the middle of the fairway. (Okay, I did it once....)
Favourite quote: "Daddy, you are the bestest dad in the whole world."—Neisha Horsfield
Email: andrew<@>theconferencepublishers.com