Senior Management Team
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Neil Felton

CEO

Neil Felton joined FESPA as Managing Director in 2011 and was promoted to CEO in 2013. Under his leadership, FESPA has seen remarkable growth, launching 9 new international shows (five regional, four sector-specific) and expanding its global community with new FESPA Direct membership options alongside its 37 associations supported by the Profit for Purpose program.

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Michael Ryan

Head of Global Business Development and Global Print Expo

Following periods spent both studying and working in Germany and Spain, Michael graduated University with an honours degree in languages and quickly established a successful career specialising in sales and marketing for leading exhibition venues across the world.

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James Ford

Head of Sales

James has over 20 years’ experience in Sales having worked in advertising, sales and exhibitions prior to joining FESPA in 2005. James works across the global portfolio of exhibitions that are delivered by FESPA, particularly focusing on the European and Asian Markets.

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Graeme Richardson-Locke

Head of Associations & Technical Lead

Graeme is an enthusiastic print specialist with over 40 years’ experience in the screen and wide format digital printing industries, with knowledge acquired through hands-on design, production, sales, and operations management.

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Duncan MacOwan

Head of Events and Marketing

Duncan’s knowledge of, and passion for, the community that FESPA serves made it an easy decision to return in 2022 to lead the Marketing and Events team after almost three years delivering world-class events for the HR community.

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Susan Hamer

Head of Operations

Susan joined FESPA in October 2006, leveraging prior experience from DMG World Media. As Head of Operations, she manages FESPA’s global exhibitions, oversees the Dorking HQ office, and is one of the team leads for maintaining ISO 20121 sustainable event management certification.