Heappey’s constituency includes the town of Glastonbury, famed for hosting Michael Eavis’ five-day music festival. He first came to parliament in May, and previously served in the army as a major.
The Conservative MP will take on the chairman position left open by . The former MP was previously managing director of exhibitions and events agency Rapiergroup – formerly Rapier Design - before first entering the Houses of Parliament in 2010.
The announcement was made last night (19 October) at a Britain for Events industry reception held at London event centre The Mermaid.
Michael Hirst, chair of the Business Visits & Events Partnership, introduced Heappey to the room of event profs following a speech on the buoyancy of the UK industry.
Hirst added that the remainder of the APPG board should be announced by the end of the year.
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