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Meet the Team

Specialist consultants who live and breathe events. Each of us knows our corner of the industry inside out — so whether you're hiring or moving, you're talking to someone who genuinely gets it.

Recruitment Team

Laura Kelly

Laura Kelly

Managing Director

Birthday: June Joined #TeamLive: August 2012 What is your 3 course death row meal? Charcuterie board, roast beef dinner or spag bol and crème brûlée What is your dream holiday destination? Maldives What 3 words would your colleagues use to describe you? "Hardworking, weird, competiti

James Walton

James Walton

Director & Founder

Birthday: November Joined #TeamLive: July 2004 (since the beginning!) What is your 3 course death row meal? Baked camembert, pizza & apple strudel What is your dream holiday destination? Peru What 3 words would your colleagues use to describe you? "Most technically competent"

Cassie Capener

Cassie Capener

Senior Account Manager

Birthday: August Joined #TeamLive: April 2019 What is your 3 course death row meal? Pork gyozas, good old spag bol with garlic bread and something boozy and chocolatey What is your dream holiday destination? Antarctic Cruise

Deborah Porter

Deborah Porter

Senior Account Manager & Team Lead

Birthday: July Joined #TeamLive: May 2025 What is your 3 course death row meal? Beef Wellington and cookies with ice cream What is your dream holiday destination? Bora Bora

Kane Styles

Kane Styles

Account Manager

Birthday: May Joined #TeamLive: October 2024 What is your 3 course death row meal? Tinseltown cajun wings, Singapore special curry, salt + chilli chips and a Singapore chow mein with a vanilla crème brûlée

Laura Sidhu

Laura Sidhu

Senior Account Manager and Team Lead

Birthday: August Joined #TeamLive: April 2017 What is your 3 course death row meal? Garlic mushrooms with sourdough bread, turkey roast dinner with roasted potatoes, honey glazed carrots and parsnips, Yorkshire pudding and sage & onion stuffing and sticky toffee pudding with vanilla ice cream

Libby Evans

Libby Evans

Account Manager

Birthday: April Joined #TeamLive: October 2024 What is your 3 course death row meal? Starter: garlic mushrooms, very basic but you can't go wrong! Main: prawn linguine. Dessert: chocolate brownie with ice cream.

Matthew Rothwell

Matthew Rothwell

Account Manager

Birthday: October Joined #TeamLive: July 2022 What is your 3 course death row meal? Chorizo, traditional British fish and chips (or a cheese baguette) and a cheese board to finish What is your dream holiday destination? Japan

Megan Mitchell

Megan Mitchell

Senior Account Manager and Team Lead

Birthday: August Joined #TeamLive: November 2018 What is your 3 course death row meal? Scallops, beef Sunday dinner with all the trimmings and sticky toffee pudding What is your dream holiday destination? Jamaica

Mollie Pickering

Mollie Pickering

Account Manager

Birthday: March Joined #TeamLive: July 2018 What is your 3 course death row meal? Chicken or duck gyozas, teriyaki salmon with rice and spring onions and homemade brownie with vanilla ice cream What is your dream holiday destination? Safari in South Africa

Sabrina Pattison

Sabrina Pattison

Account Director

Birthday: January Joined #TeamLive: October 2010 What is your 3 course death row meal? Burrata salad, roast rib of beef with crispy and fluffy roasties, cauliflower cheese, yorkies, veg and lashings of bone marrow gravy baby with Eton mess yum, yum!

Client Development

Marc Long

Marc Long

Client Engagement Manager

Birthday: May Joined #TeamLive: April 2023 What is your 3 course death row meal? Snails, fillet steak (rare) with triple cooked chips and mushrooms and a Toblerone cheesecake What is your dream holiday destination? New Zealand

Candidate & Project Team

Felan Quirke

Felan Quirke

Candidate Manager

Birthday: February Joined #TeamLive: January 2024 What is your 3 course death row meal? Some sort of fried/battered fish (shrimp/prawns, whitebait etc.) with aioli, sausage, mash and beans and/or pizza, although I might have to substitute this for a Greek Stifado

Jenny McCarthy

Jenny McCarthy

Senior Candidate Manager & Team Lead

Birthday: August Joined #TeamLive: I’ve joined twice. First in November 2011-2014 and then again in July 2018 (after having 2 kids) What is your 3 course death row meal? Insalata Tricolore, medium rare steak with peppercorn sauce and chocolate torte

Lily Bruce

Lily Bruce

Candidate Manager

Birthday: October Joined #TeamLive: January 2024 What is your 3 course death row meal? Chilli squid from Wagamama as my starter, butter chicken, rice and naan as my main from a restaurant called Tap and Tandoor and homemade steamed treacle pudding

Marketing

Sophie Ferriman

Sophie Ferriman

Social Media Manager

Birthday: June Joined #TeamLive: March 2024 What is your 3 course death row meal? Extra garlicky butter button mushrooms on crispy sourdough bread, a creamy and spicy sausage rigatoni dish with a massive tiramisu to finish!

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