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ABOUT US
The team behind
BOARD is built by people who have spent their careers creating and running international events. Between us, we have built, scaled and operated brands including Cityscape, Money20/20, Shoptalk, GroceryShop, MIPIM, MAPIC and Bett, and together we have added more than €1 billion of enterprise value to the world's largest event organisers.
We are bringing that experience to one purpose: giving Europe's private enterprise a room of its own.
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Rohan Marwaha
Founder & CEO
Rohan has spent more than 25 years building international events businesses, and created Cityscape from scratch at Informa, growing it into a global portfolio across ten markets. He founded BOARD to give Europe's growth-stage private companies a forum of their own, and has since spoken to more than 250 European CEOs about what they need from it.
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Chris Styring
Co-Founder & COO
Chris is a TV and film producer who has spent 15 years delivering campaigns, productions and live experiences for brands including Apple, Audi, Amazon, Diageo and HSBC. At BOARD, he oversees operational delivery and production.
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Sophie Wawro
Chief Product Officer
Sophie spent six years building Money20/20 Europe from launch, then as Global President of Shoptalk added more than $30 million of revenue to the brand in under three years. She leads product and experience development for BOARD.
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Jake Tappenden-Lowe
Executive Director, Strategic Partnerships
Jake joined BOARD from RX, where he was UK and Ireland Director for MIPIM and MAPIC, leading the London team that works with the investors, developers, cities and public authorities behind both events. He leads BOARD's strategic partnerships.
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Tannya Gaxiola
Chief Content Officer
Tannya curates BOARD's speakers and content. Her career runs from Citigroup and Bain to founding her own business and serving as COO of Turing Fest, the UK founder and investor summit.
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Tsitsi Lynn Shields
Head of Executive & Investor Relations
Tsitsi brings more than 25 years in international exhibitions and events across the UK, the United States, the Middle East and Asia. At BOARD, she works with the investors and senior executives attending the forum.
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Ed Bishop
SVP, Commercial Strategy & Finance
Ed spent more than three years at Hyve Group, the owner of Shoptalk and GroceryShop, first as Finance Director for the US and Europe and then leading five acquisitions worth up to $600m. He oversees BOARD's commercial strategy and finance.
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Lucas Nicosia
Chief Marketing Officer
Lucas is co-founder of Thirdflow, and as Head of Marketing at Insurtech Insights helped bring more than 6,500 delegates to two conferences. He leads marketing for BOARD.
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Mykola Okhotnyk
Marketing Director
Mykola spent four years at Jnomics Media advising media businesses across Eastern Europe and Central Asia on audience growth and new revenue, after leading native advertising at Vector Media in Kyiv. He runs BOARD's marketing campaigns day to day.
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Sam Lehmann
SVP, Connections
Sam spent more than a decade at IQPC, rising from conference producer to general manager and later running research and development for new events. He leads BOARD's 1:1 meetings programme, connecting CEOs with investors, Non Executive Directors and peers.
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Judi Faithfull
Operations Director
Judi has run operations for events including Money20/20 Europe, Bett and IFA Berlin, and has held operations director roles at Hyve, ITE and Clarion Events. She leads BOARD's operations, from venue and production to health and safety.
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Anna Lewis
Event Coordinator, Sponsors
Anna joined BOARD from Edinburgh's Assembly Festival, where she supervised the box office, and looks after BOARD's sponsors and exhibitors.
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Josephine Dair
Event Coordinator, Speakers
Josephine comes from hospitality and travel, managing international bookings and partner relationships at Apartool in Barcelona, and speaks English, Spanish, Italian and German. She looks after BOARD's speakers, from confirmation through to their time on stage in Monaco.