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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 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:

• Jon Hutchison AM: Chief Executive Officer
• Lyn Lewis-Smith: Chief Operating Officer
• Victoria Robins: Executive Assistant
• Ashleigh Rymer: 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
• Pravin Pathik: Accountant
• Rebecca Smith: Accounts Assistant
• Gilly Cashell: Database Administrator
• Kate Militano: Convention Research Executive

Marketing and Stakeholder Relationships team

Responsible for branding, communications, website management and media and working with and promoting Business Events Sydney stakeholders:

• Kerryn Ross: General Manager Marketing and Stakeholder Relationships

Marketing Team

• Sharon Foo: Marketing Manager Projects
• Charlotte Stasiukynas: Digital Marketing Executive
• Marcio Thiago: Graphic Designer

Stakeholder Relationships

• Simon Shaw: Head of Stakeholder Relationships
• Rosanna Simone: Stakeholder Relationships Executive
• Nadine Wilson: Event Project Manager
  

Sales team

The Sales team includes both the Business Development and Bid Management teams, responsible for identifying potential events and bringing them to Sydney and New South Wales:

• Christine Judd: General Manager Sales

Business Development team

• Chris Barnard: Bid Manager
• Virginie Laplanche: Bid Manager
• Elizabeth Li: Business Development Manager, Asia
• Liza Bajracharya: Business Development Manager, South Asia

  
Sales Research team

• Monica Varga: Head of Sales Research 
• Bethany Teulan: Research Executive
• Nathalie Altamiranda: Research Executive
• Katie Boone: Research Executive
  
  
  

Bid team

• Virginia Loyola: Head of Bidding
• Darwin Ow: Bid Manager
• Marie-Claire Henry: Senior Bid Executive
• Suzanna Kenneally: Bid Manager
• Ben Williams: Bid Executive

AccessNSW team - event planning

Responsible for helping businesses and orgnisations to plan their events:

• Giselle Radulovic: Head of AccessNSW
  
• Lillian Longford: AccessNSW Manager
• Kylie Weston: AccessNSW Executive

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
• Sue Wilkes: Business Development Director, Europe
• Barbara Howlett: Business Development Manager, United Kingdom and Europe
• Patty Buehler: Business Development Director, North America