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Meet the Business Events Sydney Management 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.
Business Events Sydney's Executive team
Responsible for the overall strategy, administration and events of Business Events Sydney:
- Lyn Lewis-Smith: Chief Executive Officer
- Kalliopi Galanis: Executive Assistant
- Ashleigh Baldacchino: Team Assistant – Executive and Corporate Services
Corporate Services and Strategy team
The Corporate Services team manages finance, HR, database management and IT.
- Sonya Stewart: Chief Financial Officer
- Kylie Lake: Finance Manager
- Kate Militano: Research and Reporting Manager
- Rachael Lunn: HR Advisor
- Gilly Cashell: System Administrator
- Marie Lo: Accounts Assistant
Strategic Marketing and Communications team
The Strategic Marketing and Communications team develops strategic relationships with the public and private sectors to identify new bid opportunities, deliver innovative and creative bid proposals across both the association and corporate markets. The team also manages branding, communications, media and digital channel strategy and execution.
- Hannah Jamieson: General Manager Strategic Marketing
- Zenith Yeung: Strategic Marketing and Communications Team Assistant
Marketing team
- Aliena Conciatore: Head of Marketing
- Rebecca Mills: Marketing Manager
- Jenna Bradwell: Communications Executive
- Charlotte Stasiukynas: Marketing Executive
- Damian Wheeler: Graphic Designer
Strategic Partnerships
- Ana Judge: Head of Strategic Partnerships
Bidding
- Marie-Claire Henry: Senior Bid Manager – Association
- Jessica Bentley: Bid Manager – Association
- Suzanna Kenneally: Bid Manager – Association
- Vanessa Ma: Bid Manager – Corporate
- Sarah Knight-Gregson: Bid Executive
Event Delivery team
The Event Delivery team actively works with BESydney’s Strategic Partners and Members and clients to support secured events, facilitating their successful delivery and maximising their economic benefit to NSW, while also providing a high quality experience for delegates and
their host organisations. This team also manages BESydney’s free event planning service, AccessNSW.
- Robyn Johnson: General Manager Event Delivery
- Vanessa Succar: Event Delivery Team Assistant
Client Services team
- Anne Camenzind: Head of Client Services
- Vivian Chen: Client Services Manager – Corporate
- Peggy Kellner: Client Services Manager – Association
Membership and Events team
- Natalie Young: Client Services Manager – Membership
- Nadine March: Events Manager
- Victoria Robins: Events Manager
- Nathalie Altamiranda: AccessNSW Executive
Business Development team
The Business Development team includes the Sales Research team and is responsible for identifying potential events and actively working to secure them for Sydney and NSW.
- Kristian Nicholls: General Manager Business Development
- Yvonne Jenkins: Business Development Team Assistant
Sales Research team
- Monica Varga: Head of Sales Research
- Patty Buehler: Client Relationship Manager US
- Barbara Howlett: Sales Research Manager UK
- Christina Barton: Sales Research Executive
- Michelle Muscat: Sales Research Executive
Client Engagement (Association) team
- Virginia Loyola: Head of Client Engagement – Association
- Darwin Ow: Senior National Business Development Manager
Client Engagement (Corporate) team
- Sinead Yeo: Regional Director – Asia
- Cheryl Siow: Director – China
- Liza Bajracharya: Business Development Manager – Asia
Consultants
- Ian Stuart: Business Events Consultant
- Paramjit Bawa: Manager India
