MCI Group

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MCI Group is based in Geneva, Switzerland. It is the world's largest professional conference organiser employing 1,800 people in 31 countries as of April 2016. [1] [2] The company also operates as an association management company, or AMC. [3] [4]

MCI operates marketing-events firm Black Flower Agency; Don't Believe in Style, a cultural creative agency in southeast Asia; technical production firm Dorier; performance measurement services firm FairControl; public-affairs company Logos Public Affairs; destination management company Ovation DMC; and incentive-travel operator Hagen Invent. [5]

In 2015, the company acquired McLean, Va.-based Coulter Cos., an AMC, which has since been rebranded MCI USA. [6] [7]

Roger Tondeur founded MCI in Geneva in 1987. In 2010, he handed over the reins to his son, Sébastien Tondeur, who now leads the company as CEO. [8]

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