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Bradley James Cole has spent the past decade building his career in B2B events and business intelligence, working his way from conference production through to his current role as Global Head of Business Development at Green Street where he leads commercial strategy across a global portfolio of real estate, infrastructure, and project finance events.  …

Private equity’s appetite for B2B events shows no sign of slowing, and this week it found its way to one of the fastest growing corners of the industry. On 17 August, it was announced that UK based private equity firm Bowmark Capital has acquired a majority shareholding in InfraXmedia from Opus Origin, a private investment…

Conference production has long been a career path that you will hear people say they “fell into.” With many producers coming from research-heavy, academic backgrounds, it is no surprise that they so naturally excel at desktop research and agenda writing, but a new path for producers is arising, and that is the one of personal…

Adam Plom, VP, Head of Content – Europe at Shoptalk has had a striking 13 year-long career in events, and not solely because of his success at Shoptalk. His path has run from starting out at a founder-led business, where he was handed a lot of responsibility from the jump, to a stretch of freelance…

Bradley James Cole has spent the past decade building his career in B2B events and business intelligence, most recently as Global Head of Business Development at Green Street, where he now leads a growing team across a global portfolio of real estate, infrastructure, and project finance events. Along the way, he’s hired, managed, and led…

Onboarding is a process often lost in the rush of a new hire, particularly with SMEs, where employers are commonly eager for their new hire to hit the ground running. Data indicates that a vigorous onboarding programme is a key factor in staff retention. According to Brandon Hall Group research, conducted for Glassdoor, strong onboarding…

Alexander Siegel has over fifteen years of experience leading commercial teams and managing B2B event portfolios across numerous industries, largely in finance and tech. He most recently held the role of Head of Business Development at Money20/20 in New York, leading a team focused on new revenue and logo acquisition across the company’s US portfolio….

The B2B events industry is one you’ll repeatedly hear industry professionals say they ‘fell into.’ With this sentiment, it can be hard to gauge what the model events career journey looks like, but this month’s newsletter spotlight has one worth paying attention to. Mike Setters has over 20 years of experience in the B2B events…

Krista Iverson Vazquez, Vice President at the C5 Group including the American Conference Institute, Canadian Institute and C5, brings a career defined by leading global teams with empathy and curiosity, developing talent, and building event portfolios that perform commercially without losing sight of the people behind them. Krista’s impressive B2B events career spans over two…

The Employment Rights Act is bringing significant change to UK employment law, reforming areas such as unfair dismissal rights and harassment policies. We spoke with employment lawyer Harry Abrams, Partner in Shoosmiths’ Employment practice group, about the upcoming legal changes, what’s to be expected and why it’s important to address them now “These changes are…