Experience

Gala Events

• United Kingdom
• Hospitality
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director - Sports Hospitality and Event Management Specialist

  • Jun 2007 - Present

  - Organising top class hospitality packages for clients at a variety of major sporting events across the UK and beyond. - Arranging sell-out sporting lunches and dinners at major venues across the UK which has seen Gala Events work alongside and build relationships with stellar names such as Paul Gascoigne, Alastair Cook, Tyson Fury, Ryan Giggs and David Campese.- Offering a unique calendar of events featuring sporting legends, including our annual Lord's Long Room Lunch, the Gala Golf Classic, our regular 'An Evening with...' series and big screenings of international rugby, football and horse racing. - Bespoke boxing hospitality packages for Britain's biggest fights. We have organised and sold official hospitality for some of the UK’s biggest boxers, such as Tyson Fury, David Haye, Tony Bellew, Carl Froch, Dereck Chisora, George Groves and Kell Brook.- Ownership of facilities at a variety of iconic venues across the UK including Cheltenham Racecourse, Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Warwick Racecourse and the Resorts World and Utilita Arenas in Birmingham. - Organising bespoke events for major corporate clients, including conferences, dinner events, golf days and team-building days..



Entertainment & Sports Network Ltd

• Commercial Director

  • Jul 2005 - Jun 2007

  Entertainment and Sports Network were a corporate hospitality organisation who specialised with extensive facilities at Manchester United Football Club and the Cheltenham Race Festival. They had the most covers at Old Trafford out of any UK agency and my role was in charge of sales at these venues and other UK-based events. Entertainment and Sports Network were a corporate hospitality organisation who specialised with extensive facilities at Manchester United Football Club and the Cheltenham Race Festival. They had the most covers at Old Trafford out of any UK agency and my role was in charge of sales at these venues and other UK-based events.



Birmingham City FC

• United Kingdom
• Spectator Sports
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Football Sales Manager

  • Sep 2002 - Jul 2005

  I was responsible for the selling and logistics of all matchday hospitality at St Andrew's. This included all of the boxes, restaurants, bar memberships and matchday sponsorships. I also organised non-matchday events such as sporting dinners and five-a-side corporate football. I was responsible for the selling and logistics of all matchday hospitality at St Andrew's. This included all of the boxes, restaurants, bar memberships and matchday sponsorships. I also organised non-matchday events such as sporting dinners and five-a-side corporate football.



Wolves

• United Kingdom
• Spectator Sports
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Advertising Sales Manager

  • Jun 2002 - Sep 2002

  - Responsible for the selling of all advertising at Molineux including pitch side boards, matchday programmes and player sponsorships. - After a short period, I was approached by Birmingham City Football Club to take up the role of Football Sales Manager (above). - Responsible for the selling of all advertising at Molineux including pitch side boards, matchday programmes and player sponsorships. - After a short period, I was approached by Birmingham City Football Club to take up the role of Football Sales Manager (above).