SFA Connect are research experts, data miners & lead generators – supporting venues and convention bureaux around the world. With a team of specialist researchers (who can do in-depth studies on sectors, clusters and knowledge hubs and relate/match that back to conference opportunities, linking them to potential local hosts) SFA Connect’s account management teams support their clients’ sales teams by providing high quality leads to feed their pipeline so they can perform in the most efficient and informed way.As senior account manager I work to support our clients (and team) to ensure our clients business development goals are reached and they are promoted on a global level to new potential quality clients.

The Association of Professional Staffing Companies (APSCo) - is the recruitment trade association, promoting and supporting professionalism in the recruitment industry. Working with our members in the North of England and Midlands, I help to grow and develop our membership base and work with our existing members to make the most of APSCo services. APSCo membership gives candidates and employers a trusted badge of quality, whilst providing member firms with an innovative range of services designed for them by recruitment experts.

Carden Park Hotel – Cheshire’s Country Estate is set within 1,000 acres of space in the inspiring Cheshire countryside. With 196 beautifully refurbished bedrooms and meeting space for up to 400 Carden Park can host everything from annual conferences, regular meetings, team building, incentives or award dinners.

Melia Hotels International is one of the largest hotel companies worldwide with 377 hotels in 40 countries over 4 continents. Working for the Global Sales team based from our brand new INNSIDE Manchester property I manage our MICE clients in the Midlands, North of England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland. My regional base but with a truly global reach means that clients are guaranteed a full and effective account management service for any of our MICE hotels worldwide.

Actively working with clients across the Association and Corporate markets focusing on international meetings that rotate throughout Europe and the World, my role encompasses the following:* Researching and pitching to host medium to large scale international conventions* Coordination of sector specific research plans.* Promoting Manchester as an attractive and viable destination across the global meetings industry* Forecasting* Business Development* Yield Management

Senior Account Manager at Manchester Central Convention Complex, managing the National and International Association events market, which together form a significant majority of our business. Manchester Central is the premier events venue within the UK & has a strong background in hosting a wide variety of association events. Focusing on business development and the retention and development of our high profile existing association clients my ultimate aim is customer satisfaction, ensuring that the venue remains best in class. Association events bring more Economic Impact to Manchester than any other sector and this is always a consideration as part of my role.

Manchester Central is an award-winning, globally renowned venue in the heart of one of the world's most vibrant cities. This unique business resort combines iconic architecture with state-of-the-art facilities to provide a dynamic venue for the world's leading conferences, exhibitions and events. My role at the venue is to build on the venue's strong reputation in the national association market by working to attract medium to large scale international association events to the city.Working with a varied client base ranging from national associations, doctors or local academics, to international secretariats, national and global professional conference organisers I work in partnership with a number of other city stakeholders to attract and bid for international conventions. My linguistic abilities assist me enormously in this role and enable me to work effectively with a variety of different cultures & languages.