Marcus Evans
Group News
Montreal
We are delighted to announce that Alia Ftayeh moved to the downtown office to manage her own team! Over the past three months, Alia, Elie Akl, and Aran Brifkani have successfully settled into their new downtown area, and we are excited for what is to come!
Emily Berube-Palsboll
Office Manager | Montreal
Grand Rapids
marcus evans is expanding with a new office in Grand Rapids! Still working on branding, etc, but well on our way. Andy Petersmark and Josh Statly have both been charging through their MIT and AOT Training and are trending nicely towards being future leaders with the company.
Doug Lampinen
Senior Director | Grand Rapids
Cape Town
Anthony Knox, our Chief Marketing Officer, recently visited the marcus evans office in Cape Town for his financial year-end reviews. His visit was marked by productive discussions and strategic planning sessions aimed at optimising financial performance for the upcoming year. Anthony’s insights and expertise were invaluable, providing all teams with a clear roadmap to achieve their financial goals. The visit also included a review of the past year’s achievements and challenges, ensuring that all teams are well-prepared to tackle future opportunities.
On his final night, Anthony took the managers out for a delightful dinner, fostering camaraderie and strengthening professional relationships. Overall, Anthony’s presence was greatly appreciated, reinforcing the strong partnership and commitment to excellence at marcus evans.
We look forward to welcoming Anthony back to Cape Town early next year.
Dzingi Makovah
Senior Director Professional Training | Cape Town
Operations Team
I am sad to announce the departure of Nicholas Neilands, Event Director, North America Summits. Nick has been running our North American summits for 19 years. He has been key to the success of our summits and has played a very important role in improving procedures. I know that the entire ME team will join me in wishing Nick all the very best with his future career endeavours.
Judith Verger
COO Global Summits | Cyprus
Event Highlights for North America Summits
After a small summer break the North American summits are back. And what a return this has been! September is always one of the busiest months of the year and this time around we hosted eight summits in California and Boston.
All events were very successful with various highlights but the Rodeo Drive privatization for the evening reception of the PWM Summit was definitely the highlight of the month. What’s next? You will need to wait for the next newsletter where we will be featuring exciting things from the remaining events of 2024; the team will be traveling to Atlanta, Orlando, Jacksonville, Fort Lauderdale, Boston, Los Angeles and Dallas!
Maria Zografou
GM North American Summits | Cyprus
Event Highlights for APAC Summits
The APAC Summits team ran three highly successful ANZ summits in July, August and October. All three summits were rated excellent value by all clients attending, mentioning the fantastic programmes and amazing platform for knowledge transfer and networking.
Highlights of the social elements were the Backyard BBQ at the Australian CIO Summit in July, featuring dishes with regional Outback ingredients, and the Olympics Spirits night at the CMO Summit, highlighting the 2024 Paris Summer Olympics with an “Around The World Menu” celebrating the Olympic Spirit of tolerance, friendship, solidarity, and fair play.
And finally, our recent Pink & Proud evening at the HR Summit in October raising Breast Cancer Awareness and collecting donations for the National Breast Cancer Foundation, including a generous contribution by marcus evans Australia.
We have also launched the ME+App in the Australian market with great success.
The next and also last APAC summit for the year will be our Private Wealth Management APAC Summit in October taking place at the stunning and iconic Ritz Carlton Hong Kong, which we are all very excited about.
After this, we will deep dive into preparations for the upcoming season, creating more exciting and successful events in 2025!
Susanne Kirchhuebel
Event Director APAC Summits | Cyprus
Event Highlights for EMEA Summits
October started off with an exciting new venue in Cannes where the Evolution and European Corporate Counsel & IP Law Summits took place at the Hotel Martinez for the first time.
Christina Lignos
Event Director, EMEA APAC | Cyprus
SEA and Middle East Conferences
The 15th Annual MENA CFO Conference marked a milestone with its best results to date, thanks to the incredible contributions from each and everyone involved. Attendees had a fantastic experience, gaining fresh insights from industry experts and leaving inspired by new trends and ideas. This year’s conference exceeded expectations and reinforced its position as a must-attend event for the CFO community. A heartfelt thank you to Gayathrie Deva from Production, Shazia Hafiz and Husnain Tariq from Sales, Mark Christopher and the Sponsorship team, Tharashini Selvam from Operations, Rachel Yon and Mariam Shaheen from Marketing. Your hard work and dedication were instrumental to the success of this event — none of this would have been possible without you!
One of our Branded events held in October in Dubai, the 17th Annual Internal Auditor Conference, was a tremendous success. With dynamic streams across both days, the event featured a highlight book signing ceremony that captivated attendees. Delegates praised the insightful sessions and networking opportunities, making it an exceptional experience for all involved. A special thanks to Naureen Mumtaz from production, Naseem Muhammad, Raza Muhammad, Syed Mutahir Ali, Shiraz Zaheer from sales, Sara Delgado from Sponsorship, Tharashini Selvam from Operations, Rachel Yon and Mariam Shaheen from Marketing for their hard work and dedication — this success wouldn’t have been possible without you!
Saleem Muhammad
Chief Commercial Officer – SEA and Middle East | Kuala Lumpur
APAC Conferences
The 6th Annual Psychosocial Risk Management Conference and the Aging Asset & Plant Decommissioning Conference were a few of the star events in 2024 for the Australian portfolio.
With over 150 participants, the Psychosocial Risk Management conference in August received excellent feedback which reflected the well-constructed agenda put together by the production team and the excellent execution of the event on-site.
We also launched our 1st Edition of the Aging Assets and Decommissioning Conference in Brisbane which was very well received with 80+ delegates and 5 sponsors taking the total number of participants, to 100+. All in all, it was a well-researched event that covered the main challenges facing the heavy industry sector in both aging plant and equipment, and strategies for decommissioning.
Well done to everyone working on these projects. A shout out to the producers Anusha Krishnasamy and Michael Lee; Sponsorship Sara Delgado, Kalie Nalasupramanian and Senesh Kumar; Sales Chance Qin, Alex Tju, Sharda Parshuraman, Winnie Ng and Tristan Baskaran; Marketing Mariam Shaheen and Veronika Sapronova.
Jacqui Smale
Regional Production Director, APAC | Kuala Lumpur
London Conferences
We’re thrilled to celebrate the success of our recent conferences produced out of our London office, which we held in New York, New Jersey, Boston, Amsterdam, Stockholm, and Barcelona throughout September. These events were a true testament to our team’s dedication, professionalism, and attention to detail, and it’s always great for us to see the positive feedback that we consistently receive from our clients.
None of this would have been possible without the outstanding efforts of our sales, marketing, operations, and sponsorship teams. Your commitment has ensured the high quality and success of these events, and we are grateful for your continued hard work.
Alongside these achievements, our production department in London is expanding as we grow our events in the Middle East, and continue to develop Energy and Life Sciences conferences for the North American market alongside our European and North American Capital Markets portfolio. This growth reflects our commitment to delivering top-tier events across multiple regions and industries.
A huge thank you to everyone in the production team in London — your commitment to excellence continues to drive our success and global reach.
Ellie Brooks
Conferences Production Director | London
London Summits SP Sales
Edward Idem, who started with the company on April 30 and has scored two new business sales so far, attended his first Summits – US Legals in California at the end of September, and Europe Legals in Cannes shortly thereafter. One of his clients then went on to sign on for an Open Contract off the back of this – well done, Ed!
Andrew Mowat
AM Director, Summits SP Sales | London