The vote took place this afternoon at FEIFA’s annual general meeting held in London’s Waldorf Hilton hotel, with over 50 members attending from across the continent.
Marriott, succeeds Spectrum IFA Group chairman Michael Lodhi, who has held the role ever since he and FEIFA chief executive Paul Stanfield co-founded the federation in 2009.
Blackden was one of the founding members of FEIFA and Marriott has been vice-chairman since the outset as well.
Lodhi said earlier this year that being involved with FEIFA, particularly in the role of chairman, had been “fantastic”, but that the time had come “for someone else to provide a new surge of energy in that position”, particularly given its ambitious plans for a new website.
