Obituaries: Motivation Excellence CEO David Jobes; Didier Scaillet, Former SITE CEO
Industry organizations report two recent losses.David Jobes, CEO of Illinois-based Motivation Excellence and Didier Scaillet, former SITE Global and Foundation CEO, recently passed away,
David Jobes, CEO of Motivation Excellence, worked his way up in the company starting 32 years ago, as reported in a company statement. He purchased the company six years ago, after serving as long-time president. “While leading the company he molded the culture of the business to reflect his values of respect, integrity, trust, exceeding expectations, charity, collaboration and environmental stewardship,” the company reported. A successor was not named.
Didier Scaillet, a “business events industry stalwart who served as CEO of SITE and the SITE Foundation from January 2018 until he stepped down, for health reasons, in September 2020, has passed away, according to a statement from SITE.
Says CEO Annette Gregg, “SITE’s global community is shocked and saddened to its core and sends warm love and deep condolences to Didier’s wife, Sabine Lignel and his children, Martin, Morgane and Giles. Didier served with distinction as CEO of SITE from 2018 to 2020 and laid the foundations for the strong and stable association we now have. He was a visionary leader, a strategic thinker, a consensus builder and a kind, generous human being. The entire business events industry mourns his passing.”
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