Kate Ray Mba Email & Phone Number

London, England, Gb

South Croydon, Gb

London Area, United Kingdom

Working with organisations I assist can assist at any stage of events life cysle to ensure their events are a success. This has included:• Assisting with the strategy and direction of events ensure strategy aligns with organisation vales and objectives.• Contributing significantly to shaping the content and strategic direction of conference • programme aligning with industry trends and objectives.• End To end planning and delivery of events – both internal and external. • Researching and acquiring C-suite speakers and government ministers for large multi complex events.• Training event teams.• Reviewing current processes to ensure current best practices are being implemented.

London, England, United Kingdom

In this role I led an events team of 3 direct and 2 non direct reports and delivered the 2023 events strategy. I successfully increased registrations by improving the content and implemented robust processes to deliver 15 – 20 member events a month which comprised of webinars, F2F meetings and 4 dinners a month. I also put together the events strategy for 2024/2025. Sector: Professional Services Recruitment Companies Achievements• Empowered the team through coaching and mentoring which promoted innovation and enhanced performance and job satisfaction.• Collaborated with key internal stakeholders to create exciting content which increased registrations, elevated member experience, engagement, and satisfaction. • Implemented a monitoring, feedback and reporting process for continuous improvement.• Project managed the successful delivery of APSCo Awards from supervising. nominations and judges, to delivering an exceptional ceremony for 200 guests.

London, United Kingdom

Managed a team of 5 and oversaw 3 non direct reports. Led a change management programme, moving all events from in-person to virtual delivery during COVID (90 training courses, 12 conferences, 85 webinars) and met 60% of budget target during pandemic and 73% in 2023. Formulated a three-year event and training strategy. Sectors: Corporate, Academia, Charity.Achievements• Led a team of five, fostering motivation and empowerment, resulting in outstanding event and training outcomes given the pandemic and personal growth for team members.• Managed and adhered to the annual budget of £600k for events, ensuring financial discipline and accountability.• Met 50% of budget target during pandemic and 73% thereafter.• Developed a three-year event and training strategy, driving long-term success and growth.• Produced monthly financial reports for the Director of Professional Services and Financial Director, facilitating informed decision-making.• Innovated event and training content by introducing webinars, generating an additional £15k in income streams during the pandemic.• Developed strong partnerships with C-level professionals, global organisations, and key suppliers to enhance our event programmes.• Project managed CGI’s flagship annual two-day multi-streamed conference both online (350 attendees, 50 speakers, 10 sponsors) and face-to-face (600 attendees, 60 speakers, 25 sponsors/exhibitors). • Project managed CGI Ireland’s Annual events in Dublin and its sister organisation ProShare events (2020, online, 300 attendees, 6 sponsors) and 2021 & 2022 face-to-face. (400 attendees, 10 sponsors)• Organised two successful in-person awards ceremony dinners, each with 500 attendees.

Working with the Head of Events and Marketing I successfully;• Delivered the marketing and sales strategy and met the £700k sales target.• Developed new relationships with clients and achieved £100k new business. • Created a set of KPIs for suppliers and reviewed their compliance.• Responsible for profit and loss forecasting reporting to Head Events and Finance Director.• Developed alternative event product offerings in order to keep one step ahead of the competition.• Created a series of robust event management processes and guides to form an induction pack for new team members and maintain operational excellence and best practice.

London, United Kingdom

Enabled clients to overcome personal challenges, fears and barriers, and build their self-esteem through the use of NLP techniques.

London, United Kingdom

Achievements• Led on following projects: o Strategic partnerships with external exhibition and conference organisers. o Contract negations and delivery (contract budgets up to £1.8m).o Event sponsorship guidelines to be used on all DIT events worldwide.o Charging and income strategy for events to meet income targets set by Treasury.o Digital application for an event approval process for central and international offices delivering over 900 events per year.o Development of event operating standards for the events programme to control quality standards. o Designed an event briefing template to set out the positioning, objective setting, performance, ROI, strategic partnerships, and budget. o Designed training and up-skilling workshops for events team, supported by a training manual

Advised on an event strategy for the newly formed The Deloitte’s Institute of Innovation and Entrepreneurship (a JV with London Business School) that would raise its brand as the premierInstitute for innovation and entrepreneurship. Advice included; detailed event brief, development of innovative and relevant event content, speaker acquisition, budget control, development of marketing campaigns and on site logistics.

Achievements• Led a comprehensive strategy for events and marketing, strategically positioning LTN as the technology connector between industry and academic research nationwide. • Created adept sponsorship and charging strategies, to generate income to organisation to plough back into its services. • Initiated and chaired five Special Interest Groups, leading committees to innovate event content and boost membership. • Managed a budget of £150k & A team of 8 professionals, elevating customer service, content quality, and overall event satisfaction.

Assisted with the start-up of IQPC London. Researched current trends in a variety of industries and set up event teams. Prepared annual event planning strategies, wrote detailed event briefs based on research, designed and delivered events, recruited and trained new members of staff, prepared budgets and profit forecasting.

Seconded to restructure an underperforming office. Achieved a viable position for office to continue trading by creating an event strategy based on quick wins (rolled out successful and relevant events from UK office) and building on those successes, with current trends in Asian market.

London, United Kingdom

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