Craig is the Managing Director (and owner) of Association and Communications Events. He has 16 years experience in conferences and exhibitions having worked on many major events around the world, including Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Dubai, UK, Eastern Europe and Singapore, giving him a truly global perspective on ‘best practice’. Prior to starting Association and Communications Events, Craig worked for Euroforum in London, as well as Terrapinn in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.

Having personally launched over 100 different conferences of various sizes, as well as a few exhibitions, Craig has a strong grasp of every discipline within event management and is highly regarded in the events industry.

Craig was born and educated in Johannesburg, South Africa. He studied Business and Law at University of Witwatersrand (Wits) and a post-graduate degree in Training and Marketing at University of South Africa (UNISA). He has also completed diplomas and courses in marketing, direct marketing, exhibition management and sales management.

In 1999, Craig moved to Sydney where he met his Australian wife. He has two children and lives in Manly.

Blandina has worked for our company since 2003 and brings with her more than 19 years experience in sales, with the past 10 years specialising in event sponsorship and exhibition sales (before that she worked for Reuters in the financial markets). She has worked in Sydney, Brisbane and London and has gained a great deal of insight from participating in large international exhibitions in UK, USA, Germany and Asia.

Blandina is well known as someone who ‘looks after her clients’ and ‘delivers what she promises’ (a straight shooter with very high standards). Her job is to work with sponsors and exhibitors to ensure they differentiate themselves from the crowd and achieve their marketing goals.

Blandina has worked primarily on technology focused events focusing on industries like telecommunications, digital technologies, information management, call centres, help desks, ICT, smart cards, Wi-Fi, WiMAX, RFID etc.

Blandina is an expert at exhibition operations and floor plan design and is always happy to give advice or lend a hand.

Born and bred on Sydney's Northern Beaches, Jamie has over 7 years experience in conference production and management roles. He joined our company in early 2010 as General Manager. After cutting his teeth at IIR and then Terrapinn (both in Sydney), he then worked at Beacon Events in Hong Kong where he produced several large scale events for the Asian market, including ‘Mines and Money’ in Hong Kong and Beijing.

Jamie's ethos is that customer satisfaction is the key to success. He aims to ensure that any event you participate in will, not only meet, but exceed your expectations!

Jamie holds a Bachelor of Applied Science from the University of Technology, Sydney. In his spare time he enjoys fine wine, the odd party, playing football and cricket, surfing and keeping fit generally. He is also becoming increasingly frustrated with golf.

Known as everyone’s ‘go-to’ lady, Fiona has been our trusted and ever-dependable Customer Service & Logistics Manager since 2004. Fiona’s role is to ensure our events run smoothly and professionally (and YOU are happy). She is constantly liaising with suppliers, venues, flights, accommodation, transport .... and more! She’s the best in the business at coordinating speakers, chairpersons, exhibitors, sponsors and attendees. She has the enviable (and sometimes unenviable) job of worked closely with some of Australia’s most senior business people, CEOs and Government Ministers, as well as international VIPs, and a too-many-to-mention range of famous and influential personalities.

Fiona has worked with us for over 5 years and has worked in various position including customer service, research, administration and event logistics. In 2009 she was unanimously voted ‘Employee of the Year’, a testament to her ability to multitask, work under pressure and attention to detail, which she has combined with her theoretical knowledge obtained by studying business and administration courses through TAFE.

Chances are, if you’ve attended one of our events, you have already met Fiona.

Peter’s ‘never say die’ attitude and positive outlook on life has earned him the respect of his colleagues and clients alike. An important part of the marketing department, Peter leads our team of teleservice execs whose job it is to make sure YOU are informed – with a friendly and polite phone call – about our upcoming events and a PERSONAL invitation to attend.

Peter has 9 years experience in the conference industry, promoting delegate attendance and booking exhibition stands and tailor-made sponsorship packages to a variety of business sectors.

After successfully working in the banking industry for 13 years prior, he joined one of the world’s biggest commercial conference organisers - IIR in 2001 - where for 6 years he consistently broke all sales records. After IIR he joined Tonkin Corporation for 1 year heading the Sales Department with professionalism and success.

In 2008, he joined Association and Communications Events, where he’s continued his success and built a strong ‘customer-focused’ team around him.

When Peter isn’t working, he spends his time with his young family, playing touch football or relaxing with his guitar.

Known as ‘the apple man’, Javier is the manager of our PCO Division – a specialised group that organises tailor-made live events on behalf of 3rd parties.

Before joining our company in early 2009, he ran a PCO company in New York.

He has a total of twelve year’s background in Corporate Events in USA, specialising in logistics coordination, executive management, data analysis and peer training & supervision. He has been involved in the research, development, coordination and execution of approximately 90+ events and conferences in more than 13 countries ranging in size up to 4,000 attendees, including the likes of Genesys’s G-Fource; Oracle’s President’s Club and Drive to Win incentives; CI Triad’s Cancun Conference; and several of Sun Microsystems USA based events. Javier was also the Marketing Officer for the Tourism Board of South Africa from the New York Office as was the Principal for Brochure Solutions and 360 Spark.

Javier’s passion for special events can make any occasion special.

Why not give Javier a call to find out how he can take your event to the next level?