Speaker Details
Lawrie Lewis
Founder and CEO, Top Marques Monaco
Lawrie Lewis founded Bleinheim Group Plc in 1979, which became the largest publicly quoted exhibition company in the world, with over 500 events in 10 different countries. In Germany, Blenheim owned Equitana in Essen, Medica in Düsseldorf, Fibo in Essen, Haffa in Stuttgart, and many others. It also owned the worlds renowned Batimat along with Equiphotel in Paris.
In 1996 Bleinheim was sold to the exhibition arm of the British newspaper The Daily Express. Mr Lewis was at this time living in Monte-Carlo and decided in 1998 to get back into the business and found ITE, an exhibition company in Russia. He simultaneously bought a publicly quoted paint company, which was without innovations and set about selling its business and assets, but keeping the plc shell which he later reversed ITE into, and it became known as the ITE Group Plc.
Mr Lawrie developed this business into the CIS along with Ukraine and the Urals. He expanded into the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Egypt and Turkey. ITE was famous for the Moscow Motor Show and the Istanbul Motor Show.
In 2001 Mr Lawrie sold his shares in the ITE Group Plc created the concept of Top Marques the only live supercar show in the world. His vision was to go beyond the static exhibitions in Paris, Frankfurt, Geneva, Detroit, and have test drive cars available for the lucky and enthusiastic buyer of a supercar. His theme is, see it, drive it, buy it&. He believes strongly in alternative fuels, biofuel, ethanol, hydrogen, hybrid, and electric, and pushed strongly the presence of Fisker, Venturi, Lexus and BMW. Top Marques is in its sixth year.
Mr Lewis was honoured by the Prince Albert II of Monaco with the Ordre de Saint Charles for the creation of Top Marques.
