Management of new acquisition in Africa. Assuming responsibility for the restructuring of the organisation to meet corporate requirements whilst maintaining necessary agility for the local market. Successfully built core, motivated team. Rebrand and aligned tired shows introducing new content including revenue generating conferences and features improving revenues and profit. Successful launch of The Hotel Show brand with over achievement on budget and delivery. Introduced digital media platform and created business communities. Structured the platform for future growth.
Management, development, expansion and P&L responsibility for the Hospitality portfolio of events. Introducing new brands and creating new communities. Over delivering on profitability and increasing revenues beyond budget requirements.
P&L responsibility for The Hotel Show, increasing profitability, yield and revenues. Successful launch into the Saudi Arabia market and launch of new event The Leisure Show. Turned a loss leader into profit and introduced new products and platforms to support the growth of the core shows.
Responsible for event launches and digital revenues
Responsible for advertising team selling recruitment, education and business pages for 16 weekly publications
Launch and re-launch projects
VC backed business focusing on new product launches. Later sold.
Event launch into the UK. Later sold.
Launched The In Store Marketing Show with sell out results in year 1. Re branded struggling JV, delivered growth and re-engaged lost client. Researched and developed potential launches including the Employee Benefits Show.
Management and development of Sign UK & Chemex. Launch of Digital Media and Process Industry Expo.