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Meet the Business Events Sydney Team
Business Events Sydney (BESydney) is growing and we remain a tight-knit team of enthusiastic business tourism and business event management professionals. Read below for an idea of who does what, and read through our profiles to get to know us better.
Executive team
Responsible for the overall strategy, administration and events of Business Events Sydney:
- Lyn Lewis-Smith: Chief Executive Officer
- Victoria Robins: Executive Assistant
- Ashleigh Baldcchino: Administration and Events Assistant
Finance and Market Research team
Responsible for finance, human resources, database management, IT and market research at Business Events Sydney:
- Sonya Stewart: Chief Financial Officer
- Trish Nowland: Finance Manager
- Rebecca Smith: Accounts Assistant
- Gilly Cashell: Database Administrator
Marketing team
The Marketing team are responsible for branding, communications, website management and media and working with and promoting Business Events Sydney stakeholders:
- Hannah Jamieson: Head of Marketing
- Rebecca Mills : Marketing and Communications Manager
- Charlotte Stasiukynas: Digital Marketing Executive
Stakeholder Relationships team and AccessNSW
Are responsible for the management of our stakeholders from lead generation and profiling to connecting and distributing leads. AccessNSW is responsible for helping businesses and organisations to plan their events:
- Simon Shaw: Head of Stakeholder Relationships
- James Stavrou: Business Development Manager
- Nadine Wilson: Event Project Manager
- Rosanna Simone: Stakeholder Relationships Executive
Sales team
The Sales team includes the Bid Management team, the Asia Business Development team and the Sales Research team. These teams are responsible for identifying potential events and bringing them to Sydney and New South Wales:
Bid Management team
- Virginia Loyola: Head of Bidding
- Marie-Claire Henry: Senior Bid Manager
- Darwin Ow: Senior Bid Manager
- Suzanna Kenneally: Bid Manager
- Tamlyn Hex: Client Relationship Manager
- Yvonne Jenkins: Bid Executive
- Sarah Knight-Gregson: Bid Executive
Asia Business Development team
- Elizabeth Li: Business Development Manager, Asia
- Liza Bajracharya: Business Development Manager, South Asia
Sales Research team
- Monica Varga: Head of Sales Research
- Nathalie Altamiranda: Sales Research Executive
- Michelle Muscat : Sales Research Executive
- Sabrina Kamann: Market Research Analyst
Business Development Team
Responsible for developing and maintaining business avenues:
- Ben Williams: Business Development Manager
Consultants
- Ian Stuart: Business Events Consultant
International team-members
The international team supports Business Events Sydney from key international hubs:
- Sinead Yeo: Business Development Director, Asia
- Bondie Fung: Business Development Executive, Asia
- Shu Ping Chen: Business Development Manager, North Asia
- Sue Wilkes: Business Development Director, Europe
- Barbara Howlett: Business Development Manager, United Kingdom and Europe
- Patty Buehler: Business Development Director, North America
