CEF’S PRACTITIONER BOARD

CEF’s Practitioner Board provides industrial advisory, innovation, and ideas to drive our initiatives - comprised of international and cross-sector leading practitioners working across the events and festivals industry.

  • Julie Finch

    Hay Festival (UK)

  • Phil Batty OBE

    Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games (UK)

  • Lyndsey Jackson

    Edinburgh Fringe Festival (UK)

  • Iain Edmondson

    Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race / Legacy Delivery (UK)

  • Stuart Galbraith

    Kilimanjaro Live / ex-Live Nation (UK)

  • Susan Gibson

    Liverpool City Council (UK)

  • Bev Ward

    UK Sport / UK Events Limited (UK)

  • Genevieve Leclerc

    Meet4Impact (Canada)

  • Kevin McMullan

    EventFlanders (Belgium)

  • Goc O'Callaghan

    ArcTanGent / UBQex (UK)

  • Meegan Jones

    Green Shoot Pacific (Australia)

  • Dr Bash Kabalan

    Design Confidence (UAE)

  • Melissa Jurcan

    CSEP at Amazon / International Live Events Association (ILEA) (USA)

  • William Rook

    Centre for Sport and Human Rights (Switzerland)

  • Marco Sansoni

    Mokhouse SRL (Italy)

  • Mark Camley

    London Legacy Development Corporation (UK)

  • Tom Clift

    Russell Partnership Consulting (UK)

  • Dr Lucinda Spokes

    Cambridge Festival / University of Cambridge (UK)

  • Gustavo Costa

    Clancy’s Sports (Brazil)

  • Dr Chris Gibbs

    Toronto Metropolitan University / Fmr Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment (Canada)

  • Victoria Crick

    World Firefighters Games 2026

  • Dr Dalia Farrag

    Qatar Olympic Academy (Qatar)

  • Louise Derre

    VisitFlanders (Belgium)

  • Claire Drakeley

    Power of Events / University of Northampton (UK)

  • George Bradley

    CEF Media / Archer Education (USA)

  • Kelly McManus

    University of Waterloo (Canada)

  • Craig McIntyre

    University of Stirling (UK)

  • Dr Mandy Curtis

    18 hours / University of Brighton (UK)