Alexi is Managing Director of Events at Law Business Research and responsible for the networking solutions portfolio, which comprises 120 global events across 12 brands. Alexi joined the business in 2002 and worked in a number of commercial roles before starting the events division in 2009 and growing it to where it is today. She previously worked for Thomson Reuters in its legal publishing division, Sweet & Maxwell.

Alison Jackson has over 30 years experiences in B2B trade shows and conferences. She has worked in PE backed businesses as well as private and public companies. She has run some of the largest trade shows in the UK as well as bought and sold events.  She is now Group MD of Nineteen Group in Wimbledon which is a fast-growing trade show, summit and other media business.

With over 2 decades of varied events experience across the B2B market, Alma’s passion is for Awards.

She heads up a team looking after the Mark Allen Group portfolio of awards for Education, Music, Lifestyle, Property, Healthcare, Business and Agriculture. Aiming to deliver the best customer experience and striving to improve the events year on year.

Anupa is the Director and Co-Founder of Principal Global Events, an agency dedicated to impactful experiences. With over 35 years in the industry, she combines hands-on expertise with a relentless pursuit of innovation and quality. Her knowledge of live events and digital brand experiences drives the company’s commitment to excellence

Experienced Director and Team Leader with over 20 years of expertise in the events and exhibitions industry. Renowned for a proven track record in producing and delivering high-impact events, exhibitions, conferences, forums, and award ceremonies tailored to the UK public sector. Currently spearheading the strategy and execution of the award-winning Justice and Fraud event portfolios at GovNet Communications

Briony has over 25 years’ experience in business-to-business events, with a proven track record of leading and developing major international trade exhibitions. Her career spans a wide range of sectors, including financial capital markets, health, education, and the international food industry. Briony is recognised for her strategic leadership, commercial insight, and ability to build high-value platforms that connect global industries, drive innovation, and support business growth.

Dale has been in the presentation and communication industry for over 40 years. He left school with one goal to run his own business, after just 3 years the opportunity arose and Dale took it, operating at first from a small outbuilding at his parent’s home as a filmmaker. 

Today drpg is recognised as one of the leading integrated, full- service presentation and communication groups, winning agency of the year multiple times. The drpg team comprises of over 420 specialists across seven locations in Worcestershire, London, Windsor, Manchester, Germany, Ireland and the USA. 

drpg designs and produces communications solutions globally. Working with a wide range of clients to effectively communicate to internal and external audiences, all through award-winning film & video, events, experiential, print, design, digital, exhibition and creative solutions. 

Dale is past Chairman of EVCOM and he is actively involved with key corporate clients, he works at a senior level assisting in the development of communication strategies and creating presentation vehicles. 

Dale is passionate about sustainability and believes businesses should be fully integrated into the community. DRPG was the first agency globally to gain the ISO14001 and ISO20121 accreditations plus more recently being awarded the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Sustainable Growth and B-Corp. 

The past 17 years Sustainability and CSR has been a major priority for all the group’s operations. With an active community programme, a series or environmental initiatives which include renewable energy, zero land fill waste and elimination of single use plastic. 

Dale is passionate about nurturing new talent and putting his people first. drpg has appeared in the Sunday Times best 100 companies to work for list at number 16 and in 2020 has been awarded the Investors in People platinum standard, one of only 70 companies in the UK. In 2015 he was presented with the events industry personality of the year and in 2016 honoured with a fellowship award for services to Communication, presented at the House of Lords. In 2022 Dale has been awarded CIPR Leader of the Year. 

Dan is co-founder of MAD//Fest London, the disruptive marketing and multiple Conference & Event Awards winner. A product and commercial innovation specialist at heart, Dan also led MAD//Fest’s move into online training with the launch of MAD//Masters By Rory Sutherland. Dan lives on the south coast with his young family.

Gargi Iyer is CEO of IR Media Group, leading two global platforms – IR Impact and Governance Intelligence – that serve investor relations and corporate governance professionals. Over more than a decade with the organisation, she has driven digital transformation, AI integration, strengthened data and research capabilities and expanded the group’s global event portfolio. Prior to becoming CEO, she held senior roles at TAC Events, Terrapinn and FCBI (Reuters Events), producing executive-level conferences across multiple industries. Gargi has a master’s degree in business administration from Warwick Business School.

Gema leads the agency’s strategic vision, client partnerships, and delivery of high-impact events. Since joining in 2016, she has been instrumental in expanding TFI Lodestar’s presence across the Association and Corporate sectors. With over two decades of experience, including senior roles at Informa plc and Banks Sadler, Gema brings deep industry expertise, commercial acumen, and strong leadership.

Giles is Founder & CEO of FutureNet World, the leading event series focused on network automation and AI for the global telecoms industry.  The events successfully bring together the conversations around the strategic and commercial priorities in today’s digital world and the considerations for the future of the network. Before setting up FutureNet World, he held several leadership positions including Ascential, Informa and Stylus Media Group.

With over 30 years’ experience in the events market Graeme has worked in large organisers, was a joint founder of his own company which launched and sold several events and is currently involved with Closerstill Media working across their e-commerce portfolio. 

Helen Horton is an experienced Events Director, leading Haymarket’s event division across the UK and our global portfolio. She works with her team to deliver best-in-class events for market-leading brands like Campaign and PR Week. Her division also manages event portfolios for professional associations, focusing on cutting-edge content and outstanding experiences. 

Hesham Zakai is the Managing Director of the Exile Group, a leading media and events company which encompasses the TXF, Proximo and Uxolo brands. The Group specialises in the fields of trade, commodity, export, project and development finance, working with governments, corporate companies, financial institutions and other key facilitators globally. Hesham has previously worked at the Special Reports team of the Financial Times and in the Press department at the European Parliament.

Iain is currently Managing Director at Clarion Events. He oversees multiple global portfolios across Clarion in insurance, energy, life sciences, and enterprise tech, while also leading the group’s regional expansion across the Middle East and its digital and affiliate marketing event brands. Prior to this, Iain co-founded the Energy Council, which was sold to Clarion in 2017. Iain has previously been a finalist in the EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award and has been given the honour of closing both the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ. 

Jade Howgrave-Graham, originally from Sydney, is a co-founder and Director of Lemon Lane, a leading female-owned and led UK event agency. With over 24 years of experience, Jade specialises in crafting innovative, high-impact events for global brands. Passionate about creating memorable experiences and building trusted client partnerships, Jade champions inclusivity and sustainability as core objectives for Lemon Lane. Her global perspective, collaborative approach, and commitment to excellence have driven the agency’s reputation for seamlessly delivering exceptional events while prioritising environmental responsibility.

James Cooper is Founder and Director of Business of Apps, a B2B media and events company serving the global app economy. He leads strategy, content and commercial growth across its media platforms and international conference portfolio.

James Callen is the Managing Director of Bizcikmedia in London. He has successfully built from scratch and grown the company’s events portfolio, establishing over 30 annual events across 10brands in just three and a half years, including Sustainability LIVE, last year’s Silver award winner in the ‘Best new conference/Event (over 600 attendees) category

Jemma has almost 20 years of experience in events. Initially specialising in marketing, first client side then at Emap and i2i Events, she has worked across a variety of sectors and event types in her career. Jemma now leads the strategy and delivery of the global event portfolio at With Intelligence, now part of S&P Global.

Jenny is Marketing Services and Membership Director at Faversham House, where she has worked since 2019. She leads the marketing of Brand, Conferences, Bespoke Events, Memberships and Marketing Services, driving engagement and growth across the portfolio.

With 28 years in Publishing, she originally specialised in marketing database management, circulation auditing, and subscriptions/membership marketing, with 15 years spent at William Reed across the Food Manufacturing, Retail and Hospitality divisions.

Jim is managing director of Arc Network’s financial services business, Incisive Media, and Marketing in Partnership.

Jim joined Arc in 2025 after a decade at IDG, where he held a series of senior roles including managing director, Western Europe and Nordics, and vice president of events for Europe.

John has had a career in B2B media, specialising in conferences and other events. He has had a consistent track record in driving growth at a range of market-leading brands and start-ups. John co-founded Capacity Media that was sold to Euromoney Institutional Investor (now Delinian) and more recently 1LoD that was sold to Infopro Digital in 2024. Today John advises Infopro Digital and other businesses on growth strategies.

Jonathan is the Managing Director Europe for George P. Johnson, a multi award-winning global Experience Agency. He is a strong creative leader and sustainability advocate, champions strategy-fuelled design, mentors talent, and drives technology innovation across brand experiences, shaping the future of human-centric experience marketing. 

Kate leads the global business, Bray Leino Events, creating brand experiences that tell compelling stories, to deliver commercial results for our Clients.
Kate’s passion for business culture ensures the Bray Leino team are inspired, fulfilled and supported. In her spare time, Kate enjoys yoga and, when it’s sunny, kite surfing.

Laura is the MD and owner of Yellow Fish, a leading global brand experience agency. Laura has over 20 years experience delivering global brand experiences. She is passionate about the power of live experiences to bring brands to life and cut through the noise of a digital focussed world. Laura passionate about the power of business for good and has recently led Yellow Fish to achieve B-Corp status.

Laura Biggs is the CEO and Owner of Intuitive Events Ltd, a company renowned for organising and delivering impactful events in the UK and internationally. With over 25 years of experience in the events industry, Laura has a proven track record of launching and growing successful events, building strong partnerships, and leading teams to achieve excellence. Intuitive Events portfolio includes influential events such as the Women in Work Global Summits, The Fertility Show Live, and the Let’s All Talk series, all designed to inspire meaningful conversations and drive positive change.

Lorraine leads the strategic development of a portfolio of multi-media brands across retail, manufacturing, and hospitality at William Reed these include market leading brands The Grocer, Food Manufacture, The Morning Advertiser and Retail Week. Prior to WR, Lorraine spent 10 years at RELX Group working in a variety of B2B markets.

Luke is the founder and CEO of Shard Media Group, owner of Shard Financial Media and Reward and Payroll Networks Ltd. The Group is a financial and professional services-focused B2B media business serving high-value markets with a modern blend of Large Scale and Micro-Events, Membership & Recognition programmes, and wrapped around peer-to-peer, interactive digital and f2f communities.  

Mandy has been at Reed & Mackay for over six years and heads up the company’s dedicated Groups, Meetings & Events team. Her team manage all types of events from small luxury bespoke events, group travel and accommodation to global partner meetings and product launches for our extensive client base, spanning the media, legal, finance and sporting sectors.

She is one of the most senior female leaders at Reed & Mackay and has grown the team from a small, dedicated group of experts to a global network

Mark Buller has worked in b2b media and events for over 20 years leading commercial teams at Economist Events and FT Live, the global events business of the Financial Times. Since November 2021 he has managed the commercial team at Ultima Media a fast-growing media and events business in the automotive sector. Mark is a member of the management team at Ultima Media and was recently promoted to Commercial & Growth Director.

Founder of Event Concept, a business built to supply the Unique Venues of London with production and scenic services. Today the business provides end to end expertise and operates globally, bringing its unique understanding of the “How’ to a wide range of B2B experiences, helping clients tell their ‘why’ in engaging ways.

With over 25 years’ experience in live events, Nancy has worked with many of the most eminent and distinguished event organisers in the World. Working across multiple sectors and styles of events in both consumer and business to business portfolio’s across Europe and Asia. Nancy is renowned in the industry for her specialism in sponsorship and partnership management having initiated and delivered 100’s of successful commercial partnerships with some of the world’s premier brands. Now co-founder of The Assembly, owners of leading events and publications including HairCon, CrimeCon UK, The True Crime Awards, Creative HEAD, Salon Smart and the Most Wanted & IT List Awards.  

Nick Rastall is an experienced events leader with a long track record delivering large-scale international conferences and exhibitions. As Portfolio Director for Resourcing Tomorrow and Mines & Money, he drives strategic growth, builds global partnerships, and curates high-impact programmes, bringing together senior decision-makers across multiple industries to elevate world-class events 

Nigel Clear is the Global Director of Conferences at Elsevier, shaping the company’s global scientific conference strategy with a distinctive blend of publishing expertise, event leadership, and a steadfast commitment to advancing scientific dialogue. With more than three decades of experience spanning information services, finance, and the scientific sector, Nigel has built a career on turning complex needs into confident, high-impact gatherings that accelerate discovery and collaboration. 

Orson Francescone has worked in the b2b media and events industry for over 15 years. He has led global conference and exhibitions businesses for Euromoney Institutional Investor, the Daily Mail Group and Haymarket Media.  Since November 2019 he is Managing Director of FT Live, the global event business of the Financial Times. Throughout his career he has specialised at enabling publishers to monetise their audiences and drive high margin revenues via all formats of events. From conferences, to awards to large scale exhibitions and trade shows and more recently through digital events. He has launched and run some of the world’s most successful and award winning events including Gastech, the Festival of Work and, more recently The Global Boardroom . He is an Irish Italian national and an economics graduate of Trinity College Dublin.

Robin joined EMAP in 2018 and is Managing Director of a portfolio of construction, engineering and public sector brands. Robin was Group General Manager at Aspermont Media between 2014 and 2018 running the UK, Australia and Brazil offices of an International natural resources media company, including one of the world’s oldest magazines Mining Journal. Prior to that Robin was Group Publishing Director at Incisive Media working across a range of industry sectors – technology, legal, finance and institutional investment.

Ros Irving leads techoraco, a Delinian-owned business (formerly Euromoney Institutional Investor), which serves the digital infrastructure ecosystem with large-scale events, awards, membership, and media. Formerly responsible for the IMN business and Invisso – these businesses were successfully divested to Informa and the FT respectively in 2024 and 2025. Ros joined Euromoney in 2009 and has overseen a number of acquisitions and disposals during that time. 

Ros has extensive experience growing international events groups. Before joining Euromoney, Ros spent 15 years leading and growing events businesses for companies including IIR, Risk Magazine and Eurofinance. Ros has a BA in Anthropology from Durham University and completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School. 

Rosie is the Vice President of International Communities (Media and Events) at The Channel Company. In this role, Rosie leads the delivery teams across EMEA and APAC for both events and media products, driving strategic direction and overseeing top-line budget performance. Rosie has deep expertise in building high-performing teams, developing new products, and launching brands and events in new markets globally.  

Sharon began her career in B2B publishing before moving into the global exhibitions and conferences space, where she has spent more than three decades building reputation as a highly organised, commercially focused problem solver who delivers results.

She joined Terrapinn in the early 1990s and has been instrumental in the company’s global growth. Now as Chief Operating Officer, Sharon leads company-wide strategy, operations, and technology – turning vision into action, and ideas into scalable, revenue-generating platforms.

Sharon has played a key role in launching and growing some of Terrapinn’s most successful event brands, including EDUtech and Solar & Storage Live, which she continues to lead on a global scale. She has a particular strength in understanding markets, people, and performance – building structures, systems, and brands that grow fast and smart.

Sharon is known for her clarity, curiosity, and commercial sharpness. She brings a calm, methodical approach to complex challenges, with a focus on scalable solutions and measurable impact. She is passionate about showcasing the value of exhibitions as a powerful, responsive channel for B2B marketers and is particularly proud of her role in modernising Terrapinn’s tech infrastructure to empower teams and deliver better customer experiences.

Sharon is also a visible and vocal champion of women in leadership. She actively mentors emerging female leaders and speaks openly about confidence, growth, and self-belief at senior levels

Victor Cruz is the Founder & CEO of VC Innovations, a high-growth media and events company shaping the future of fintech, digital identity, and financial services. He leads a portfolio of market-defining brands, including the UK’s largest fintech event, the FTT Fintech Festival, and Future Identity, the industry’s most prominent event series dedicated to digital identity, fraud, financial crime and identity and access management.  

With deep expertise in integrated B2B marketing, commercial strategy, and high-value hosted buyer programmes, Victor partners with global technology companies, financial institutions, and scale-ups to generate demand, build strategic partnerships, and accelerate go-to-market performance. He also spearheads VC Innovations’ expansion into new verticals and high-growth international markets. 

Will leads Argus Media’s global portfolio of 40 annual commercial conferences across five continents, serving diverse commodity markets. With over a decade of experience in the B2B events industry, he began his career as a conference producer at Euromoney Institutional Investor and dmg events. He most recently headed the conference production team at Argus Media, bringing expertise in content-led event strategy and execution.

Will Wilkinson, Managing Director of Communities & Networks, leads the expansion of membership services and global events. His career includes senior growth and innovation roles at top media and information companies, including General Manager at FiscalNote and Dow Jones (launching WSJ Pro). He also held leadership positions at The Economist Group.