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Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

CEDA is an independent, member-based public policy think tank focused on Australia's long term social and economic progress. I head up the event portfolio for climate, energy and social compact (care economy, housing, critical service delivery) topics – shaping public conversations which engage industry and policy decision makers.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

AFR Live creates big picture editorial events which examine critical developments shaping business. • B2B editorial event program creation, sponsorship sales and project management for a portfolio of agenda setting larger scale C-suite summits. • Responsible for program content, speaker liaison and sponsorship sales. Oversight of event delivery. P&L accountability, exceeding budgets.• Grew 8 annual events across a range of sectors. See programs at live.afr.com- Existing summits:… Show more AFR Live creates big picture editorial events which examine critical developments shaping business. • B2B editorial event program creation, sponsorship sales and project management for a portfolio of agenda setting larger scale C-suite summits. • Responsible for program content, speaker liaison and sponsorship sales. Oversight of event delivery. P&L accountability, exceeding budgets.• Grew 8 annual events across a range of sectors. See programs at live.afr.com- Existing summits: Banking; Higher education; CFO Live- Summits from launch: ESG; Super & wealth; Government services; Cyber; Mining• Sold high value sponsorship across my event portfolio, delivering unique branding and thought leadership opportunities Show less

Sydney, Australia

B2B event production team management; program research and topic selection; portfolio development and growth of conferences and workshops in Australia and New Zealand (Workplace and workforce; HR law; Data; Digital transformation); oversight of sales, marketing strategies and operational delivery; P&L responsibility.

Sydney, Australia

• Hannover Fairs Australia: GovInnovate FutureData, and 5 CeBIT 2017 conference streams: Digital health; eGovernment; Enterprise mobility; Martech and adtech). CeBIT was the largest business technology show in the country at the time.• Association & Communications Events (now Terrapinn): retail tech, payments tech, and customer tech summits• Criterion Conferences (now The Hatchery): public sector and workforce events• Mayfam Media: scoping a seminar and awards business for waste and… Show more • Hannover Fairs Australia: GovInnovate FutureData, and 5 CeBIT 2017 conference streams: Digital health; eGovernment; Enterprise mobility; Martech and adtech). CeBIT was the largest business technology show in the country at the time.• Association & Communications Events (now Terrapinn): retail tech, payments tech, and customer tech summits• Criterion Conferences (now The Hatchery): public sector and workforce events• Mayfam Media: scoping a seminar and awards business for waste and construction trade publications (mastheads now owned by Prime Creative Media) Show less

Sydney, Australia

Resourceful Events was a joint venture between Aspermont Limited (Australian based resources sector publisher) and Beacon Events (Hong Kong based conference company).• Increased the portfolio of Australian events from two to 45 in 2.5 years: conferences and vocational training servicing the mining, oil and gas, and investment banking sectors• Built and led a multi-functional team (producers, marketers, delegate sales, sponsorship, operations, and line management). Oversaw… Show more Resourceful Events was a joint venture between Aspermont Limited (Australian based resources sector publisher) and Beacon Events (Hong Kong based conference company).• Increased the portfolio of Australian events from two to 45 in 2.5 years: conferences and vocational training servicing the mining, oil and gas, and investment banking sectors• Built and led a multi-functional team (producers, marketers, delegate sales, sponsorship, operations, and line management). Oversaw production, marketing, sponsorship and delegate sales strategy• Strategic planning, business plan development. Event and company P&L responsibility.• Topic generation and research: event themes ranged from environmental, social licence, regulatory, operational, and technical to resources company investment• Stakeholder management of joint venture company executives• New business unit viability assessment Show less

Sydney, Australia

• Beacon Events Hong Kong (from Sydney). This led to appointment in the GM role at Resourceful Events• Association & Communication Events (now Terrapinn): large scale tech summits and exhibitions• Criterion Conferences (now The Hatchery): identity and fraud conferences

Sydney, Australia

Led a multi-functional team of 14, with a focus on the production team and development of conference and training events focused on risk, compliance, corporate finance, investment banking, HR, and workplace health. During my tenure, the business achieved record revenue and net-profit results, contributing to the company becoming recognised as the 47th fastest growing on the October 2009 BRW ‘Fast 100’ list.

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Researched and produced conferences which ranged in topics from infrastructure to national security, emergency management, resources, I.T, and marketing.