Executive Committee

Chris has worked in the events industry for over 20 years, initially creating and developing exhibition audit schemes with media auditor ABC, and latterly holding Director positions with association secretariat company the Events Industry Alliance. As part of this secretariat he creates an environment which encourages engagement and interaction with the members and Boards whilst maintaining membership levels and association budgets. He has a particular focus on facilitating the resolution of industry issues and the creation and adoption of best practice. He also sits on numerous policy and planning groups, such as HSE, BS/ISO, and is a regular speaker at industry events and contributor and commentator in the press.

Glenn is Principal Lecturer in Events Management at the UK Centre for Events Management (Leeds Beckett University), where he has helped establish events management degrees and masters since 1996. He was Founding Chair of AEME (Association for Events Management Education) where he continues to serve on the Executive Committee as Treasurer, and has represented AEME at UKEVENTS since 2006. He is co-author of the textbook Events Management (Routledge, 4th edition 2023) and co-series editor of the Routledge Events Management series. He serves on the Editorial Board of the Journal of Convention and Event Tourism and oan the Editorial Advisory Board of Event Management. He is pursuing his PhD which explores the potential use of quality costing as a management tool for the events industry. He is passionate about events management education and research supporting events industry development and the significant role that graduates play. 

Chair of the UKEVENTS Outdoor Events Working Group 
Nick is CEO of We Are The Fair and We Are Placemaking. Nick, who founded the agency Group in 2000 has over 23 years’ experience across large-scale Event Production, Licensing and Health & Safety within public realm, large scale events and festivals. He is a council member of NOEA, sits on the AIF Board, is a member of the NTIA and strongly believes that the ‘informal events’ industry, an industry that brings in over £5 billion/year, should be championed, developed and supported by Government. The independent festival sector is close to his heart and The Fair are the largest independent festival production house in the UK working across 128 shows. Nick often speaks on and facilitates discussion on topics that include managing growth, independent festivals, The Experience Economy, Government advocacy, Placemaking, Licensing and Health & Safety.

Chair of the UKEVENTS Diversity, Skills and Talent Working Group 
Priya is committed to making positive change in the industry and is one of the co-founders of Event First Steps, an initiative to help newcomers to the events industry carve out their careers. Through this she has been involved in several impactful projects. With her dedication of improving the diversity of the industry she is also the co-founder of Diverse Speaker Bureau with the aim to make speaker panels more representative of a wider world view. She is also a diversity ambassador (as well as a current mentor) for Fast Forward 15 and sits on the DEI committees for Diversity Ally and EventWell. Priya works for KERB Events and will bring her knowledge of catering and hospitality to the committee. She has an understanding and experience with event industry associations having been General Manager of the EMA and a member of the BVEP DEI Advisory Group.