Exhibition News Supplements EN 30 Under 30 2019 | Page 15

The Winners
Jamie Pearson, Marketing
and Operations Director,
Afrocet Montgomery
Jamie has led the transformation
of the marketing and operations
departments at Afrocet
Montgomery. His proactive,
intuitive and patient approach
has been crucial in developing
the business and a leading
factor in its growth. While
under Jamie’s supervision the
company’s flagship exhibition
has become the largest trade
show in Nigeria. This has meant
on many occasions he has had
to navigate the challenges of
logistics and operations through
unchartered territory. Jamie’s
unique understanding of doing
business in Nigeria and his acute
attention to detail makes him
the key cog within the company.
Rebecca Pinner, Managing
Director, Kismet Events
Becky left Clarion Events
in January 2019 after a
distinguished career managing
content for a portfolio of
technology conferences both
internationally and locally.
Since leaving, she founded
Kismet Events, which is an
exciting new events business
focused on the fitness space,
and also works as a contractor
for Raccoon Events as head of
content. Raccoon Events MD
Mike Seaman said: “Becky is
one of the most intelligent and
dynamic thinkers I have ever
met. We are very lucky to work
with her and she has been
instrumental in developing our
event propositions. She is smart,
dedicated and incredibly driven.”
Nick Pratt, Systems Training
Lead, Clarion Events
Nick demonstrates an agility
and diversity of skill which is
not often seen in one individual.
Add to this his exceptional
knowledge and understanding
of different functions within
the events industry as well as
the ability to interact with all
levels of management and
build strong professional
relationships, and you have
someone who would be an asset
to any team. Nick was appointed
a super user while the business
navigated the adoption of a new
CRM and so impressive was his
support and mentoring during
this time he was approached to
join the global sales enablement
team as systems training lead.
Joe Riddett, Head of Sales,
Easyfairs UK & Global
When Joe joined Easyfairs it
didn’t take long to see that he
was a pleasure to work with
and ready to go above and
beyond to help out his team,
customers and colleagues.
He has become a ‘go-to’
person across Easyfairs, with
colleagues asking his advice on
most things, especially systems,
processes and techniques. All
of this while being the biggest
revenue generator for Advanced
Engineering and working with
the industry to understand
what strategy the show needs
to deliver to keep it fresh and
relevant.
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