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Collette McGannon
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London, United Kingdom
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A results-oriented event management professional with extensive global experience in event strategy, ensuring full support of business objectives through event design and implementation.
Extremely high standards with great attention to detail, enabling consistent and continued delivery of creative and innovative events that deliver results on time and within budget.
A savvy networker with strong leadership and interpersonal skills, competently manages direct and indirect teams and interfaces exceptionally well with customers, suppliers and stakeholders.
Extremely high standards with great attention to detail, enabling consistent and continued delivery of creative and innovative events that deliver results on time and within budget.
A savvy networker with strong leadership and interpersonal skills, competently manages direct and indirect teams and interfaces exceptionally well with customers, suppliers and stakeholders.
Markets
United States
(Remote
only)
United Kingdom
Language
English
Fluently
Ready for
Larger project
Ongoing relation / part-time
Full time contractor
Available
My experience
2019 - ?
job
Event Membership Director
The Chemistry Club & Bruton Group.
The Chemistry Club & Bruton Group facilitates networking at events for CIOs and other high-level executives in the technology sector and high-level executives in the infrastructure, sustainability and energy sectors. My role is developing and to strengthen relationships with members and ensure networking events align with client business objectives.
Networking, Sustainability, Technology, Chemistry, Infrastructure, Energy
2019 - 2019
temp
Operations Director (Contract)
FutureNet World.
FutureNet World is the Network Automation and AI conference for the Telecoms industry. I lead the event operations and onsite delivery to fully optimise the delegate, sponsor and speaker experience.
Automation, Event, Network, Speaker, Ai
2015 - 2019
job
Senior Manager, Strategic Events
Netcracker Technology.
Responsible for the design, planning and end-to-end execution for all strategic global events including customer summits; roadshows; executive advisory meetings; workshops; third-party conference and tradeshow sponsorship activations, collectively with budgets in excess of $1.5m.
Achievements
• Introduced a management consultation process as best practice to enable each head of department and business unit leader to fully optimize customer and employee engagement via objective-based event briefs.
• Increased attendance at Netcracker's Regional Customer Summits in EMEA (65%) and APAC (400%) by implementing a robust attendee and speaker retention strategy.
• Led the agency selection process to design and build Netcracker's stand at Mobile World Congress taking the footprint from 75 m² to a 325 m² double deck stand, and project managed Netcracker's end-to-end delivery which included 150 + customer meetings and hospitality programme.
• Professionalized Netcracker's own events by improving the overarching design and production using innovative sets, AV and interactive technology resulting in higher attendee satisfaction scores and the provision of audience insight data.
• $200k reduction in event sponsorship investment whilst retaining all activations that continued to meet or exceed business objectives.
Achievements
• Introduced a management consultation process as best practice to enable each head of department and business unit leader to fully optimize customer and employee engagement via objective-based event briefs.
• Increased attendance at Netcracker's Regional Customer Summits in EMEA (65%) and APAC (400%) by implementing a robust attendee and speaker retention strategy.
• Led the agency selection process to design and build Netcracker's stand at Mobile World Congress taking the footprint from 75 m² to a 325 m² double deck stand, and project managed Netcracker's end-to-end delivery which included 150 + customer meetings and hospitality programme.
• Professionalized Netcracker's own events by improving the overarching design and production using innovative sets, AV and interactive technology resulting in higher attendee satisfaction scores and the provision of audience insight data.
• $200k reduction in event sponsorship investment whilst retaining all activations that continued to meet or exceed business objectives.
Design, Event, Management, Employee Engagement, Technology, Workshops, Speaker, Retention, Sponsorship, Production, Manager, LED
2014 - 2015
job
Operations Director, Congresses
Events Group.
Member of the Congress & Industry Awards leadership team and leading the event operations team to deliver a global congress portfolio including multi-track conferences, exhibitions and industry awards including World Retail Congress & Awards (1k attendees + 60 sponsors) and the World Architecture Festival & Awards (2k attendees + 50 sponsors).
Achievements
• Led international venue search and selection projects for large-scale events that required due diligence and financial analysis including the relocation of World Retail Congress to Dubai, Money20/20 Copenhagen, and the World Architecture Festival in Singapore.
• Achieved cost savings in excess of £250k through effective supplier negotiation across the congress portfolio without compromising event quality and attendee experience.
• Introduced a sponsor resource portal on congress websites and improved post-event reporting as part of a wider sponsor retention initiative.
• Resolved logistical complexities of business meeting services offered to sponsors with the implementation of 1-2-1 meeting scheduler software.
Achievements
• Led international venue search and selection projects for large-scale events that required due diligence and financial analysis including the relocation of World Retail Congress to Dubai, Money20/20 Copenhagen, and the World Architecture Festival in Singapore.
• Achieved cost savings in excess of £250k through effective supplier negotiation across the congress portfolio without compromising event quality and attendee experience.
• Introduced a sponsor resource portal on congress websites and improved post-event reporting as part of a wider sponsor retention initiative.
• Resolved logistical complexities of business meeting services offered to sponsors with the implementation of 1-2-1 meeting scheduler software.
Websites, Retail, Event, Leadership, Due Diligence, Architecture, Implementation, Festival, Retention, Software, International, Search, Portal, LED
2008 - 2014
job
Event Director & Head of Event Operations
TM Forum.
Event
2006 - 2008
job
Event Operations Manager
unknown.
Manager
My education
2005
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2006
Institute of Commercial Management
Diploma, Event Management
Diploma, Event Management
1995
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1997
Anglia Ruskin University
HND Business & Finance, Business & Finance
HND Business & Finance, Business & Finance
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