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Freeman Group Names Joe Olivas Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller

CarterBaldwin Executive Search announces the appointment of Joe Olivas as Senior Vice President, Corporate Controller for Freeman Company, the world’s largest brand experience and event management company.

In this post-pandemic era, Freeman plans to accelerate its organic growth, further its international business, expand its vertical offerings, and look for strategic acquisitions to complement these initiatives. With that, Joe will be a critical partner to the CFO and will be responsible for providing transformational leadership and management for all facets of the global accounting operations.

He joins Freeman with more than 15 years of accounting, auditing, and treasury experience, most recently from Farmer Brothers Company (NASDAQ: FARM), where he held progressive leadership positions in corporate accounting, ultimately serving as Treasurer and Controller.

Joe established his accounting foundation as an auditor for KPMG and Deloitte and earned a BSBA in finance and accounting and an MBA from The University of Texas at El Paso. He is a licensed CPA in the state of Texas.

About the Freeman Group
Recognized by Advertising Age as the “world’s largest brand experience company,” Freeman is the global leader in live events, using the power of integrated digital and live experiences to move markets, connect people, support growth, and generate revenue for the world’s leading organizations. Freeman’s 7,000 full-time and 40,000 part-time employees enable operations in major markets across the globe, providing strategy, creative services, data technology, and logistics for show organizers, corporate brand marketers, meeting planners, and exhibitors at over 5,000 expositions annually and 12,500 additional events worldwide. Whether virtual, in-person, or hybrid, Freeman is on a mission to leverage its 100-year legacy in event management as well as new technologies to redefine events for a new era and deliver moments that matter.