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MFM Group, Inc. 

MFM Group, Inc. was founded in 1994 and produces high-level conferences and international trade event solutions for corporations, associations, and government agencies.  MFM helps clients to meet their business objectives through a group of related services that design and deliver outstanding events, and provide superior language and specialized communication equipment services.

MFM Group's Management For Meetings Division provides complete conference and meeting management solutions for associations, corporations and governments.  MFM Emerging Markets Consultancy helps clients strategically develop and implement events that bring the right people together to advance their interests, or that create significant encounters with clients and potential clients, in emerging markets.  MFM Conference Interpretation provides specialized language and audio visual services, including simultaneous interpretation and conference microphone systems.

SENIOR MANAGEMENT

Frank Ferrer is President of MFM Group, Inc.  Has over 20 years of event production and international trade experience.  He has organized meetings for corporate leaders as well as Heads of State and Government, including the Prime Minister of Canada , Pierre Elliott Trudeau, President Clinton, President Kim of Korea , the Emperor of Japan and HM, the King of Jordan.  Recent projects include event production of HM, the King of Jordan’s first G-11 meeting in New York, the 2008 World Congress of the International Advertising Association, the Young Arab Leaders Forum, and the Nigeria Meets the World Summit in New York.  In 2002 he was executive producer for the Davos-based World Economic Forum’s annual meeting, held that year in New York City .  

Prior to founding MFM, he was Executive Director of Marketing for Junior Chamber International (JCI) and was directly responsible for all meetings of the organization.  During his years at JCI, he was instrumental in creating the International Business Network (IBN).  The network brought young business people together and enhances international trade.  As such he arranged numerous trade missions including a delegation of 25 Japanese businesspersons to Florida which generated over $20,000,000 in contracts to American companies.  Through the IBN network over $50,000,000 of business contracts were generated per year.  Prior to his departure from JCI he designed and organized the Bali Business Conference which generated (after his departure from JCI) over $80,000,000 in confirmed contracts.  He has extensive political sensitivity and protocol experience, having worked for the office of the Prime Minister of Canada in the early 1980's.  Frank has conducted site advance and organized events in over 50 countries, from small conferences of less than 20 participants, to congresses of 20,000 attendees, and special events of up to 200,000.  

Born in Barcelona , Spain and raised in Montreal , Québec , Canada , Frank holds a degree in Political Science and Economics from McGill University in Montréal and speaks five languages.

Dan Lamey, is Executive Vice President of MFM Group, Inc and Lead Officer of MFM Emerging Markets Consultancy.  He has over 30 years experience in the international trade and development and meetings industries, and was a senior association executive in both Canada and the United States .  He was Secretary General of Junior Chamber International and Executive Director of the Kinsmen Clubs of Canada.  For the past 12 years, Dan has lead MFM's production, marketing, and project identification for U.S. Government international trade promotion events and conferences around the world, representing billions of dollars in international trade and investment opportunities in emerging market countries.  He has lead project teams on trade events in Southeast Asia, Africa, South Asia, Central and Eastern Europe , Turkey , Russia , Central Asia, Mexico , Latin America and the Caribbean, Middle East and North Africa , Iraq and Afghanistan .  His sector experience includes Information and Communications Technology, Energy, Hispanic Marketing, Entertainment and Media, Tourism, Infrastructure, Transportation Security, Customs and Supply Chain, Banking, Finance, and Investment, and Environment.  

As Secretary General of Junior Chamber International, he was responsible for financial, program, staff and event management, including up to six annual international conferences held in destinations in Europe, North America Asia, Africa, Australia and Latin America, drawing up to 20,000 participants.  He has also managed international development projects in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, including providing the Camp Bete medical relief facility, during the Ethiopian Famine of 1984/85.  Dan was born in Antigonish , Nova Scotia , Canada and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Business Administration from St. Mary's University, Halifax , Nova Scotia .  He is a Certified Association Executive (CAE) and a past President of the Florida Society of Association Executives.


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