We are an experienced team of experts that will support you to deliver events that work.
We aim to make your life easier by saving you time and money, guiding you to make the best decisions and ultimately giving you the peace of mind that you have a great team behind you – you can completely rely on us to ensure an outstanding event is delivered every time.
Meet the Team
Event Works Europe has a unique offering. We’re a team of professionals from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds, many of us having worked client-side at some point.
When you work with us, you deal directly one of our Directors who are capable of both providing strategic advice and delivering your event. We will also bring in additional members of the team, according to the specific requirements of the project.
Our core team are introduced below, and in addition to this we have a team of trusted freelancers who we bring in for various projects, in particular for on-site work.
And to ensure we can offer the full suite of services required for an event, we have developed partnerships with a range of trusted suppliers to deliver services such as Audio-Visual, graphic design, print, merchandise, signage, badging, photography and videography.
Jayne Foster, Managing Director
Jayne has vast experience in both managing and directing events, having worked in-house and also agency-side across a wide range of sectors, including companies such as: the British Security Industry Association; Two-Way TV and Ontrac.
Jayne founded Event Works Europe in 2008. Since then she has steadily grown the business and successfully established it as a trusted events partner to a diverse range of businesses, including the public sector, and also emerging and established technology companies.
Calm and confident, Jayne is the ultimate ‘safe pair of hands’ – which is just what you need to help deliver your event. A valued client of several years (a Marketing Director of a technology business) recently commented “You need Jayne by your side at your next Big Gig” – which sums up Jayne perfectly!
Sharon Brunt, Account Director
An experienced events manager and also a qualified marketeer, Sharon joined EWE in 2017 to help manage the continuing growth of the business, and the increasing number of opportunities this presented.
Sharon has worked in both the UK and Germany in a range of communications and marketing roles for businesses and associations including Gartner; Punch Taverns; Springer Verlag; and the British Occupational Hygiene Society.
Her knowledge of marketing, and in particular events and product launches – plus a real passion to deliver for clients – means that Sharon’s exceptional communications skills complement EWE’s ethos perfectly: ‘Our team is your team.’
Katherine Conway, Event Manager
Katherine spent 10 years travelling the world as a Purser for British Airways before changing career and joining Event Works in 2017.
Katherine is organised, thorough and has an amazing eye for detail which is crucial when we are dealing with venue contracts. Katherine leads on our venue-finding work, having built up a broad knowledge of venues in the UK and abroad, with a good grasp of the types of venues to suit each of our clients. When on-site at an event, Katherine is a calm presence, usually spotting a potential issue and dealing with it before the client is even aware!
Helen Williams, Event Manager
Helen is an experienced event manager, having delivered a wide variety of events across the UK and Europe with delegate numbers reaching 3000 pax. She is a strong project manager and makes sure everyone involved in an event knows exactly what needs to happen, when, and who’s accountable, so that everything gets delivered on time and on budget. She also has great interpersonal skills so is a pleasure to work with, a great asset to any event team.
Helen joined Event Works as an Associate in January 2022
Vicky Pryce, Event Co-ordinator
Vicky joined us is our newest addition in early 2023 and we are delighted to have her onboard.
She comes with a wealth of great experience from a varied career, as a teacher to begin with and more recently as an Executive PA. Vicky is extremely personable and great working on-site at events, where she welcomes every delegate with a smile and works closely with venue staff to make sure everything runs smoothly throughout the day.
In the office, she is a whizz at the detailed work we do on big events where we manage all delegate bookings and manage hotel rooming lists for hundreds of delegates – her organisational skills and accuracy are a godsend!
Michelle Leversidge, Finance Manager (Part time)
Michelle is a fully qualified bookkeeper and Member of The Association of Accounting Technicians, and manages the event finance for our clients. This can involve setting up payment systems with WorldPay, generating and issuing invoices, making payments to suppliers, managing event budgets, reconciling invoices and statements and chasing debtors. Finance is critically important and Michelle is the perfect person for the job – she is an expert in what she does and completely efficient and reliable to keep everything on track.
Rob Taylerson, Digital Manager
Rob is our technical guru! He has over 25 years of experience in designing and building websites and web-based applications, in particular for the conferences and events sector. He moves with the times and more recently has been specializing in creating mobile applications and designing mobile-friendly front-ends for web applications.
Rob has worked with Event Works for over ten years, building websites and registration systems and managing outbound delegate communications via broadcast software.
He can help clients to understand the best possible solutions to meet their specific needs, and then deliver this for them. He is a pleasure to work with, patient, efficient and great at communicating.