Exhibition News Supplements EN 30 Under 30 2019 | Page 18

The Winners
Sophie Wawro, VP Events,
Ascential
As event director for
Money20/20 Europe, Sophie is
leading a team of more than
20 on one of Ascential’s largest
and fastest growing brands.
When Sophie was promoted,
she was the youngest event
director in the company and had
never managed a team before,
in the three years since she has
emerged as a strong leader
with a steely determination
and crystal-clear vision for the
show. Sophie is clearly a creative
leader, but she combines that
with a strong commercial
acumen – she gets the whole
picture.
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Madi Whitcombe,
Commercial Manager, Fresh
Montgomery
Madi is motivated, driven, self
-sufficient, quick learning and
effective. She can be trusted to
do whatever is needed to get
the job done, well, every time.
Madi created a commercial
plan for her event that has now
been used across many other
events within the company. This
together with other intuitive
initiatives has Madi topping the
commercial efforts and abilities
amongst the team. Madi brings
a creative, thoughtful and
‘out of the box’ sales strategy
as part of our everyday event
management.
Justin Wilkins, Sales
Manager, Diversified
Communications
Justin started at Diversified
with no prior event experience
and showed a true passion
and determination to excel in
the industry. After spending
the first part of his career in
an estate agency and running
his own business in the health
and fitness industry, Justin has
really adapted to the events
industry whilst bringing across
his experience in sales and
building customer rapport. In
addition to significantly growing
the revenue of Accountex and
supporting a new launch, he
launched online media platform
Accounting Insight News and
looks after the show’s social
media.
Loren Wilson, Event
Manager, Aspect
While at university Loren
arranged the two-week fresher
programme, putting on 20
fantastic events in the space
of two weeks, while Aspect’s
founding partner was visiting,
and she was singled out as an
ideal future team member. Loren
has a great knack for developing
and sustaining strong working
relationships with everyone
from suppliers and agency staff
to clients. She has the ability to
share her vision with colleagues
by understanding the process
– she can see the goals and can
work out how to get there.