Mercedes Ibbett, managing director of Sydney-headquartered EVT Incentive Marketing, has won the Incentive Industry Influencer Award from the US-based Incentive Marketing Association. She has led EVT since 2009 and sits on the board of the Australia/New Zealand chapter of the Society for Incentive Travel Excellence (SITE).
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