Sarah Austin is a leading voice of the awards & events industry. Following a 14 year career running an international awards portfolio at Informa (formally UBM) , during this time Sarah was notably the Awards Director for the National Business Awards. Sarah has since launched two exciting ventures in 2021. The first being sarahaustin.co.uk which is a full end to end events management consultancy specialising in awards, conferences, virtual events, weddings and private events.  Sarahs’ business has had a roaring start with several projects in the running and her first major project is to deliver (with her team) , The Travel Industry Awards by TTG.

Sarah’s new venture also include the launch of The Lloyds Bank British Business Excellence Awards. In partnership with Lloyds Bank, these awards are the UK’s most prestigious business awards ceremony with a rigorous judging programme and a series of networking opportunities across the year. The Lloyds Bank British Business Excellence Awards celebrate the resilience, innovation and creativity of British businesses, whether big or small, an innovative new start-up or an established industry player, private, public or third sector. Entering gives your business the chance to be awarded for its achievements, recognising accomplishments, and setting businesses apart.  In addition to this, Sarah is a Non-Exec Director at the Tate Galleries and also sits on the Tate Modern Advisory Council.  which allows me to advise their events team on sales, delivery and execution strategies whilst being surrounded by incredible priceless artwork. More recently, Sarah has been invited to chair the Employment Advisory Board for HMP Send and the women’s national directorate for supporting women getting into work after prison. Sarah is passionate about supporting women in business and beyond to ensure equality for all.

Matt has the responsibility of a portfolio of events and publications covering EMEA, Asia, and North America. The events range from in-person awards, tradeshows and conferences to virtual events and livestreams.

With over 20 years of experience in the publishing and events industry he has launched events in niche sectors and developed them into now global leading brands.

20 years of experience across event formats from roundtables to LSEs, awards and hospitality has given Chris a unique perspective of what success looks like. Starting with an agency on production and design delivering trade shows and exhibition, he then spent 4 years with the awards team at Emap two of which in Dubai launching new products. He spent the 5 years with Procurement Leaders running their event operations across an international portfolio. Chris has also worked as Head of Events with the British Retail Consortium and Awards Director on the Health Service Journal. He is now with Delinian (formerly Euromoney) looking after over 50 international awards and accreditation programmes across a banking, insurance, infrastructure and legal portfolio.

As Director of Redactive Events Ltd, part of the Redactive Media Group, Jason has on-board responsibility for a 300+ events portfolio, covering everything from face-to-face conferences and award ceremonies to virtual conferences and webinars.

Working with over 15 clients, Redactive’s portfolio ranges from 2500+ in-person conferences to 60 delegate webinars – and everything in between. As an agency with its own events portfolio, they are in a unique position of understanding the events sector as both an agency and an owner – supporting clients on every event as if it was their own.

With over 25 years of experience in the industry, Anne heads up the Moneyfacts Group events department having joined in 2006 after working on international events across the pharmaceutical and technology trades.

Her role includes oversight of the four annual Moneyfacts Group Awards brands, working alongside the renowned Moneyfacts research and editorial teams to ensure that they remain the most independent awards in each of their sectors, and the events that everyone in the financial services industry wants to attend.

With over 20 years of experience in the events industry, including 16 years at Haymarket Events in the Awards & Forums department, Steven has a wealth of knowledge and understanding in the B2B events sector. In his time at Haymarket he has launched flagship products, delivered LSEs and helped reshape and evolve Awards programmes across a variety of sectors.

His primary focus now is on portfolio and product development and working with his team to deliver a portfolio of well over 50 annual events.

Rubie has over 17 years events marketing experience, and now heads up the marketing department across all services and products at The Channel Company EMEA. Rubie oversees 90+ live and virtual events across the year, with over 14 being awards ceremonies, varying from 200 to 1,500 guests. Rubie is passionate about events marketing, growing awards year on year across the spectrum.

Clare is Vice President, Global Awards at ALM. Having worked in the events industry for 15 years, she has spent the last 4 years concentrating on the expansion of the awards portfolio at ALM. Responsible for over 30 awards ceremonies globally, much of Clare’s time is spent strategizing and developing new and unique ways of elevating the recognition experience.

With over 18 years of varied events experience across the B2B market, Alma’s passion is for Awards.

She heads up a team looking after awards serving the titles within the portfolio for Education, Music, Lifestyle, Healthcare, Business and Agriculture.  Aiming to deliver the best customer experience, and striving to improve the events year on year.