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Press Release June 30, 2019

BCD Meetings & Events wins Best Places to Work accolade

BCD M&E, one of Europe’s most progressive meetings and events agencies, has recently been awarded Gold recognition in the inaugural Best Places to Work Awards, hosted by C&IT Magazine. The commendation underlines BCD M&E’s advanced company culture and talent management practices and adds to its longstanding reputation as an organisation of choice, including recognition from The Times, being listed as a Top 50 employer for women.
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News July 4, 2019

BCD M&E host sustainability roundtable at the Natural History Museum

BCD M&E was at the fore of the inaugural London Climate Action Week as it assembled event buyers together to discuss sustainability and responsibility in the sector. At the roundtable event, held in collaboration with the London Convention Bureau, guests looked at the attitudes and changing behaviours towards recycling and reduction of food waste in the conference, meeting and events industry.
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Press Release February 26, 2019

BCD Meetings & Events Closes Three-Year Growth Plan with Record Year

CHICAGO - February 26, 2019 - BCD Meetings & Events (BCD M&E) has completed a three-year strategic plan resulting in unprecedented growth for the company—141% increase in total sales, 117% in employees, 218% increase in its global footprint and a suite of expanded products and services—now servicing clients in more than 50+ countries.
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Life Sciences Venue Find Consultant | Derby
We are expanding our Life Science venue find team and are looking for venue souring specialists to join our team. Your key responsibilities would include: venue sourcing, negotiating and contracting in line with key client requests; consulting with clients to gather all meeting requirements to deliver the right venue solution to meet their needs. You should have excellent communication skills...
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Conference Meeting Coordinator | London
Do you want to join the meetings and events industry? Do you love multi-tasking and exceeding customer expectations? Are you flexible, self-motivated, a great team player with great administration skills? Then this role is for you. We're looking for a Conference Meeting Coordinator to join our fast-paced, client-focused team in Putney. It's a great step into the Meetings & Events industry...
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Project Consultant | Fleet
The main focus of this role is to provide the delegate registration and housing for events from the event briefing, ensuring that all elements function effectively and offering a professional service to both internal and external clients. Managing the project timeline through to post event reporting, providing first class customer service throughout...
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Our purpose is straightforward. We design solutions and experiences where people, passion and purpose come together to drive results. We're looking for team players with a can-do attitude, initiative and creativity, and confident communications skills. We welcome speculative applications, so do send your CV to ukcareers@bcdme.com, or see our global careers page for all open positions.
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LinkedIn Geert Jan Jongeneel
Global CFO & Managing Director EMEA
In addition to his global responsibility for all our financial processes, spanning the Americas, EMEA and Asia Pacific, Geert Jan Jongeneel oversees our EMEA region, with responsibility for overall strategy, growth and operations. He has more than 35 years of experience in a wide variety of financial roles including audit, treasury, controlling, M&A and CFO roles. After careers with PwC and Dutch Telecom leader KPN, Geert Jan joined BCD Travel 15 years ago. Within BCD Travel, Geert Jan has been (Statutory) CFO for the Netherlands and the Nordics, CFO EMEA and SVP Global Controlling, M&A and Tax. Geert Jan joined BCD Meetings & Events in March 2014. Geert Jan is an avid music fan and when he isn't rocking to Queen, McCartney or Coldplay, he's enjoying time in the countryside close to Amsterdam tending to his sheep, cats, birds, swans and...bugs.
LinkedIn Helen McCabe
Managing Director UK
Helen McCabe is our longest-serving member of staff, having been with the business since 1991. Starting as a conference consultant, she earned regular promotions and is now VP Operations UK. Highly respected, she is seen to lead by example with her humble yet determined and diligent approach, and her calm, authoritative presence has made her an accomplished presenter at internal events.
LinkedIn Savva Hadji-Savva
VP Head of Venue Search
Savva Hadji-Savva is an expert in meetings management, having been a director at Grass Roots Meetings and Events for over 12 years - including five as commercial director building relationships with brands, independent venues and owners. In his global development position at BCD M&E he holds a managing director role for the financial and professional services clients.
LinkedIn Emma Coleman
VP Head of Event Solutions and Sports
Emma Coleman joined P&MM as an Event Manager in 2009 and has been part of the team ever since. Account Director at the time of Zibrant taking over, she charted a path to leadership of the creative department at BCD M&E. Now responsible for the Event Solutions division in the UK, Emma is uniquely positioned to leverage her creativity, operational heritage and business acumen to exceed clients' expectations in event development and delivery.
LinkedIn Hannah Kelly
VP Head of Life Sciences Meeting Management
Hannah Kelly was at Zibrant for six years before spending a year and a half at Grass Roots Meetings & Events. She rejoined in March 2015 and now sits on the strategic development team of BCD M&E. Overall she has 18 years' experience with a focus on building client relationships and business development. She particularly enjoys taking a strategic approach and engaging with client organisations. Hannah is also an experienced speaker, panellist, judge and supports industry events, publications and associations.
LinkedIn Sue Massey
VP Sales & Account Management, Meetings Management EMEA
Sue Massey has over 25 years' experience in the industry and holds a degree in Hospitality & Business Management. Initially a hotel sales director, she joined Grass Roots in 2007, taking the role of operations director two years later. Her extensive record of acquisition, retention and growth of key accounts led to her taking leadership of the sales and account management functions for BCD M&E in EMEA. Sue also holds a CIM diploma, was VP Education at MPI UK&I, and has mentored at the Oxford School of Hospitality Management for the last seven years.
LinkedIn David Taylor
VP Sales EMEA
David Taylor is a recognised leader in the industry with over 25 years’ experience, starting at Hotel Brokers International (HBI), where he became sales director as it joined the Grass Roots Group. After a period of integrating Grass Roots services with WPP in 2015 he was made managing director of the M&E division in 2016. Appointed to his present role in 2018, he now leads sales and marketing in EMEA for BCD M&E.
LinkedIn Fay Sharpe
VP Communications, CSR & Engagement
Industry figurehead, and champion of women in business through her Fast Forward 15 brand, Fay Sharpe was one of the founder shareholders of Zibrant. Beginning her career at Hilton and rising to director of sales within four years, she went on to spend 27 years at Zibrant - with ten as managing director - before overseeing its sale to BCD M&E. Since 2014 Fay has also run her hugely successful mentoring programme - Fast Forward 15 - and remains an in-demand speaker and advisor.
LinkedIn Alex James
VP Sales, Event Solutions EMEA
Alex James leads our EMEA Event Solutions division, acquiring and nurturing clients using his longstanding experience in the industry. He has a comprehensive knowledge of the organisation having started at P&MM in 2007, where he spent seven years before it was taken over by Zibrant. A further five years followed at which point he had risen to the position of Director of Client Engagement. Now, as VP Event Solutions EMEA, Alex's unwavering enthusiasm and drive has seen him blossom at BCD M&E where he dedicates himself to creating exciting bespoke solutions for his clients through extensive brand and product knowledge, commercial insight and creativity.
LinkedIn Tim Haynes
Senior Director, BCD Sports
A lifelong sports fanatic, Tim Haynes began his career managing a privately-owned sports club before joining Marriott International and running accounts for major tournaments in rugby, golf, football and cricket. He now leads BCD Sports in the UK - specialist in team travel, event accommodation, ticketing and hospitality asset management.
LinkedIn John Kelly
Senior Director, Marketing EMEA
John Kelly’s first role in the meetings and events industry was as Head of Marketing for Zibrant. Whilst there he integrated multiple brands to create a single well known entity winning multiple awards along the way. The last five years have seen him holding senior marketing and sales roles across the industry before returning in 2018 to head up the marketing department for BCD M&E across EMEA.

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