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EIA Consultancy and Mentoring Service | | |
EIA has launched a consultancy and mentoring service for ESSA, AEO and AEV members, enabling them to benefit from the expertise and experience of a number of industry professionals.
Companies looking for a mentor, consultant, non-executive director or chairman, can use EIA to explore possibilities and make contacts / establish relationships.
Our team of consultants can be hired on one-off, ad-hoc or on a regular basis to help formulate strategic business plans, act as a sounding board, review financial performance, to ask difficult questions or to cut through the crap - essentially to get involved in your business at a variety of levels.
A summary of each consultant's CV follows with further details available at the bottom of each summary. The going rate for their services is approximately £1,150 plus VAT per day; though each consultant will consider each case on its merits (i.e. their fee could be less in the right circumstances).
15% of the fee will go directly to EIA for administering the service - monies that will be directly allocated to the promotion of our industry. If you are interested in engaging any of our consultants in your business and wish to discuss options then please email me at tom.treverton@eventsindustryalliance.com or telephone me on 01442 873331. Any discussion will, of course, be handled with the usual confidentiality.
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Andrew Dedman |
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With over 30 years experience of all aspects of the exhibition business, Andrew’s strengths will be particularly valuable to start-up organisers, new show launches, trouble-shooting and increasing revenue through improved sales processes.
In 1975 Andrew joined Clapp & Poliak who went on to become, over the next decade, the most successful business-to-business event organisers in the UK. |
Working for the legendary Richard Copley-Smith they launched a number of successful new events, most of which became market leaders. In 1984 Andrew set up Independent Exhibitions which, within five years, had developed a host of major events in the leisure, IT and service industries. In 1997 Independent Exhibitions were acquired by Penton Media Inc, the Cleveland-based media giant. Andrew stayed on as MD for a further two years before becoming non-executive chairman.
To read Andrew Dedman's full CV please click here.
Andrew's daily rate is £1,150 + VAT
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Brian Wiseman |
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 Brian has been an authority in the exhibition business since the beginning of time…
To list his projects and successes would be a long task and one not suited to his modesty, but here are a few of his most notable achievements;
Brian launched: Erotica, Premier Collections, FHM, Menswear Fashion Fair
Key involvement in: The London Golf Show, E-Bay Live, Fashion Rocks, Body Beautiful, the ITE Group PLC, Deputy Chairman of the Blenheim Group PLC's UK Operation.
To read Brian Wiseman's full CV please click here
Brian's daily rate is £1,150 + VAT |
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Chris Hughes |
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 Chris is the MD of his own award winning company, Brand Events, winner of The Event Magazine awards for ‘Best Consumer Exhibition’ 2005 for MPH, and ‘Best New Exhibition 2002’ for The Outdoors Show amongst many others. Chris has also successfully created shows as The Vitality Show, Chemistry, Taste of London, La Dolce Vita and Taste of Dublin and worked with clients / sponsors such as British Airways, M&S, Nike, Renault, Metro, Hewlett Packard, Sony Ericsson and the Evening Standard.
To read Chris Hughes' full CV please click here
Chris' daily rate is £1,150 + VAT
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Grahame Jones |
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After running the central production and distribution sections of Haymarket Publishing Grahame was seconded, by Peter Osborne in 1991, to fly to Vegas and persuade the Blackhawk Collection and Imperial Palace Museum to release some of their treasured classic car collection to the BBC Top Gear Classic Car Show. Although a successful negotiation Grahame did end up on America’s wanted list!
By 1993 the exhibitions bug had well and truly bitten and Grahame was invited to join the Operating Board for Haymarket Exhibitions as Operations Director. |
Grahame, instrumental in the launch of shows such as BBC Gardeners’ World Live, Autosport Live Action, BBC Match of the Day and Max Power Live to name a few, also delivered shows like Clotheshow Live, BBC Good Food Show, Gardening Australia and The Royal Show – living out of a suitcase became the norm, launching or delivering 16 shows a year.
In his time Grahame has also worked along side Tim Etchells, Chris Hughes and Simon Kimble and with them has been able to realise many of their exhibition dreams. To read Grahame Jones’ full CV/Profile please click here. Or go to www.grahamejones.com
Grahame’s daily rate is £850 - £1000 dependant on duration.
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Hugh Keeble |
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Hugh Keeble is a founder and Director of Imago Communications Ltd., and a board director and founder partner of EasyFairs. Hugh has 25 years’ experience of conceiving, implementing and developing events, principally in the IT sector, initially with Reed and subsequently through his own company’s Interactive and Imago. His trademark throughout his career has been in developing new and innovative event formats. His experience comes from working with privately held companies in the UK, European mainland and the US. |
His primary interest is in developing and investing in event concepts, financing their development and maximising return.
To read Hugh Keeble's full CV, please click here.
Hugh's daily rate is £1,000 + VAT | |
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Sandy Angus |
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 Sandy Angus is Chairman of Andry Montgomery Ltd, one of the earliest pioneers in the field of running international shows around the world. He has worked in the exhibition industry since 1968, and this has involved working in roles at every level of the business and in every individual specialisation. He is in regular contact with the major hall owners and organisers throughout the world and therefore has a very contemporary assessment of the global trends in the world of exhibitions.
To read Sandy Angus' full CV please click here
Sandy's daily rate is £1,450 + VAT - this fee is variable if there is an investment upside. |
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Stephen Brooks |
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 Stephen Brooks is Chairman and Chief Executive of the Mack Brooks Group.
Over the years Mack Brooks Exhibitions Ltd has gained a worldwide reputation for its extensive international exhibition organising expertise. Stephen has twenty years of first-hand experience running events in the UK, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, France, Italy, Russia, Poland, Spain, Greece, the USA, Japan, Hong Kong, Dubai, Malaysia, China, India and Singapore.
In some cases organising directly from the UK, in others via joint ventures and in others via overseas satellite offices, Stephen works entrepreneurially to invent and launch new events in all parts of the world, with the view that it is best to go to where the best opportunities exist rather than limit oneself to specific geographical territories. From its head office in St Albans, Herts, his company has launched all the shows contained in its calendar and today organises more than twenty separate events. In addition, Mack Brooks Publishing Ltd publishes leading magazines, directories and trade journals and has developed a business model to publish via the internet in business to business communities connected with the company’s events.
From time to time Stephen has provided seed money for new or existing entrepreneurs launching into sectors where he understands the possible risks and returns. Such seed money has been provided in return for equity on a shared risk basis.
To read Stephen Brooks' full CV please click here
Stephen's daily rate is £1,150 + VAT |
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Tim Etchells |
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 Tim Etchells started his exhibition career at Andry Montgomery in 1978. In 1989 Tim formed Single Market Events Ltd with one idea - The Television Show - and two people. Now, twelve years later, the company employs 30 people and stages 14 major events in both the UK and Sydney.
In February 2005 Tim formed a joint venture (IMIE) with London EventCo to stage the 2006 British International Motor Show at ExCeL, London.
To read Tim Etchells' full CV please click here
Tim's daily rate is £1,150 + VAT.
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Alistair was the CEO of Dennis Publishing from 1992 to 2005. Dennis is one of the UK’s largest independent magazine Publishers with market leading titles in the personal computer, automotive and men’s lifestyle sectors.He remains a non-Executive Director of Dennis and is also currently the non-Executive Chairman of Dovetail Publishing Services Ltd, Seymour Distribution Ltd, Subscriptions Marketing Ltd and Factory Media Ltd who have raised venture capital finance to acquire three publishing companies in the action sports arena. He is also an investor and advisor to Choiceodds.com and the Genie Group.
Over the past five years, Hugh has built up a number of interests in the exhibition/events industry both in the UK and China. He is a director of Tarsus Group plc, and vice chairman of Shanghai International Exhibition Centre Ltd., which has about 150,000 sq m of exhibition space under management in three Chinese cities.
Over the last five years Keith has built up a portfolio of business interests aligned to the exhibition and events sector. These include the role of Chairman to Decisive media which runs telecomtv.com; the information channel of choice for the InfoComms. Market.
Phil is currently Chairman of Waypoint Exhibitions Ltd, and Chairman of Ithaca Penton Exhibitions Limited. In November 1996 he led the consortium which took over Nottingham Forest Football Club and ran the club (then in the Premier League) for the next four years. Philip is official historian of both ARSENAL and TOTTENHAM HOTSPUR.
An exhibitionist since 1989 having previously served in the RAF. He has worked for such luminaries as Tim Etchells, Richard Copley-Smith, Peter Osborne and Andrew Morris. In 2004 he led the management buy out of Clarion Events from Earls Court and Olympia, backed by Hg Capital.
