In the course of his distinguished career as chairman of the Expomedia and the Expocentres Group,Roger Shashoua became fascinated with the culture of Central and Eastern Europe.His companies carry forward his involvement in Europe with the development of state-of-the-art exhibition centres and conference facilities.Voted one of Europe's top 500 dynamic entrepreneurs, Roger Shashoua is the author of Paper Millionaire and Russian Landscapes and Ukrainian Paintings. He holds several visiting professorships and honoraria in Britain, Russia and other CIS countries, the People's Republic of China, and South Korea.