Speakers

Shane Hannam is Managing Director of Montgomery Events, bringing more than 20 years' international experience across the exhibitions, events and travel industries. Having begun his career in financial conference sales, Shane joined Reed Exhibitions, where he held a series of increasingly senior commercial leadership roles across multiple international event portfolios. In 2006, he moved to Reed Travel Exhibitions as Sales Manager for Europe and the Middle East before progressing to Sales Director, where he led the development and global rollout of the company's Key Account Management Programme. He subsequently became Group Commercial Lead, responsible for space and non-space revenues across leading global travel brands including WTM, IBTM and ILTM. In 2018, Shane was appointed Portfolio Director for IBTM, overseeing the world's leading portfolio of business events across five international markets. With full multi-million-pound P&L responsibility, he led a global team of more than 50 colleagues across three continents, shaping commercial strategy, brand development and industry thought leadership. During his tenure, he successfully transformed an underperforming portfolio into its strongest commercial performer, delivering its highest growth in a decade. Shane joined Montgomery Group in 2021 to lead the Montgomery Events division and was appointed Managing Director in 2022. He has since focused on accelerating the division's growth through commercial and operational excellence, portfolio expansion, new event launches and brand extensions, while driving the delivery of Montgomery's long-term growth strategy.