A member of our Green Team, Roger makes sure sustainability is considered in everything we do, and drives through green campaigns such as #greencaffeine and our refill movement. Before IMEX, Roger was a mortgage advisor at the Alternative Bank Switzerland; outside IMEX, drinking coffee and eating cake, either home-made or from one of Brighton and Hove’s bountiful cafés, takes priority.

Ellie spent six years working as a meeting planner before joining us in 2010. Ellie looks after our content marketing, researching trends and industry insights and working closely with our Knowledge and Events team. She edits IMEXbites (our internal newsletter) and is a long-standing member of our Green Squad, ensuring sustainability is top of our agenda.

Away from the office, Ellie loves staying active and is most at home on the tennis court or spending time at the beach with her two children.

David’s career has taken him from hotelier, through sales, and through various different continents, before settling down at IMEX HQ in Hove. His busy and varied role here sees him looking after our hosted buyer groups, nurturing and growing our relationships globally, and developing market expertise. Outside work, David can be found hosting family and friends to home-cooked dinners, always with a glass of wine or two – or out on the football field.

Part of our in-house design studio Maddy brings her creative flair to everything from our show signage to our digital and print advertising campaigns, putting her previous digital design and marketing experience to excellent use. Outside IMEX the creativity continues through crafting, crochet, embroidery, sewing and drawing. When not busy creating, hula hooping is Maddy’s pastime of choice.

Joining IMEX from her role as events manager for Brighton’s Malmaison Hotel, Hannah brings her event expertise to running the IMEX-MPI-MCI Future Leaders Forums global programme, helping to nurture the next generation of event professionals; and to managing our Inspiration Hub speakers.
Part of the MPI UK & Ireland Chapter Marcomms committee and board, curating their monthly newsletter and managing their social media, she also finds time to foster dogs for a local animal charity, bake, play badminton, and spend time on the beach with friends and family.

Liz joined IMEX from the Brighton Centre where she looked after the conference division. Before that she was at VisitBrighton as Destination and Conference Manager for our wonderful home city of Brighton and Hove – and most importantly exhibiting at IMEX every year with VisitEngland. Beyond IMEX, Liz’s organisation skills are put to excellent use as she juggles looking after her twins, playing and watching sports, travelling, cooking, serving as a school Governor and volunteering for Brighton Cooking Club, providing hot meals to those in need. At IMEX, Liz uses her previous exhibitor

One of the original launch team for our first show in Frankfurt in 2003, Hilary was previously assistant to the finance manager at Avenue Exhibitions, Avenue Publications and GoodBean Coffee. Outside work Hilary loves going on holiday with her family. She also organises fundraising events for her village’s Bonfire Society to make sure Bonfire Night goes off with a bang - and organises the Bonfire Night street collection raising thousands annually for several local charities.