CEO of ExCeL London Group businesses since 2018. I believe passionately in the power of face-to-face events as a driver for positive social and economic change. ExCeL hosts 400 world class events per year and welcomes some four million guests to the venue. I am incredibly proud and privileged to lead such an amazing, hardworking, professional team. Since opening in 2000, ExCeL has firmly established itself as the home of world-leading events, as well as being dubbed one the world’s most connected venues – further aided by the recent introduction of the Elizabeth line. It is also the first and only UK venue to be awarded carbon neutral status to the internationally recognised PAS 2060 standards, all part of our wider roadmap to becoming net zero by 2030 and strengthening our community outreach. Under the ownership and close support of ADNEC, we continue to invest in the venue and its wider footprint with a 25,000sqm expansion programme set to host events in early 25. In addition to the events and venue business Excel London we also own two hotels on campus ( Aloft Marriott and Hilton Double Tree) and are maximising property development opportunities building nearly 1,000 flats on campus with our JV Partner Mount Anvil. Recent additions to the group's business activities in 2024 also include London's largest immersive events district Immerse LDN and the world class Business Design Centre based in London's vibrant Islington.