Start Technik Tom Van Hemelryck is appointed Chief Executive Officer of PRG Central Europe

Tom Van Hemelryck is appointed Chief Executive Officer of PRG Central Europe

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Production Resource Group LLC (PRG), the world’s largest supplier of technology and services for events and entertainment has appointed Tom Van Hemelryck as CEO of PRG Central Europe, the umbrella name for PRG Belgium, the Netherlands, France and Spain.

Van Hemelryck brings more than 20 years of experience in the entertainment industry and has been part of PRG since 13 years, during which he engaged various international positions within the last ten years.

He will mainly focus on harmonizing and optimizing the internal collaboration within the PRG Group for PRG Central Europe to effectively make use of the strong operational processes and teams of the group.


In his new role, Van Hemelryck will report directly to Stephan Paridaen, President and Chief Operating Officer of the PRG Group.

“I’m delighted to have Tom in this crucial leading position,” explains Paridaen. “He has proven his skills to identify growth opportunities and is able to apply the right commercial strategy in order to achieve those goals. These qualities are certainly beneficial to further support the team in Central Europe”.

“It’s a great honor to support the teams with whom I have been working for the past 13 years in terms of their future development and the optimization of the Central European organization.” says Van Hemelryck. “I highly value the cooperation within the group and I am convinced that we can continuously improve and strengthen the services and efficiency we have offered to our clients for more than 20 years.”

“About 20 years ago, I did my first freelance job for EML Productions and ended up working for ETF and PROCON in an international role. Today, working with Central Europe’s highly talented and motivated team feels like coming home. The circle is now complete.”

Tom will lead and work together with PRG’s Central European Management Team, Jan Van Malder – General Manager Entertainment Belgium, Alex Van Vlierberghe – Financial Director, HR & Administration, Walter D’Haese – Production Director Entertainment Belgium, Bob Walpot – Head of Assets, Thierry Kra – General Manager PRG France, Laurent Boillot – Production Director and Account Manager PRG France and Xavier Thys – General Manager PRG Spain.

Production Resource Group
Vaartdijk 6, 3150 Tildonk
BELGIUM
Tel.: +32 (0) 16 61 53 00
E-mail: belgium@prg.com