IBC President John Wilson dies

We are sorry to report the sad death of John Wilson, IBC President. John was a long-term chairman of IBC, and can be regarded as the architect of IBC as we know it today.

Like many who have guided this event run by the industry for the industry, John had been a successful member of the business community, finishing his career as sales director at Link Electronics and founding a displays business, Anna Valley, reads a statement.

As always, when you want something done you ask a busy person. By 1990 it had become clear that IBC had become limited by its venue in Brighton, and John recognised that to move it on to the next level it needed a dramatic change in the way that it was run.

It took all of John's calm but firm diplomacy to create the new structure. With six partner bodies - IABM, IEEE, IET, RTS, SCTE and SMPTE - the event had strong guidance, and with a new and professional management team it could take the message to a much larger stage. Many people were involved in this transition, but its success was due in very large measure to John's skills, contacts and vision.

He became chair of the new-look organisation, and when he passed the mantle on he was given the title president. He remained one of the busiest people on site during IBC, because everybody wanted to talk to him.

Through it all he remained softly spoken, and polite and calm at all times. David McGregor, founder of TSL and a veteran of every single IBC, said John Wilson was always the perfect gentleman who in his own quiet way worked extremely hard for the benefit of IBC and the broadcast industry in general. His chairmanship transformed IBC into the well-drilled organisation it is today.

A memorial service to celebrate the life of John Wilson will be held at 14:30 on 24 June, at All Saint's Church, Upper Clatford, SP11 7HB. Upper Clatford is just to the south of the town of Andover in the south of England.

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