LONDON, 01 August 2024 – Reed & Mackay, a global leader in corporate travel and event management, is delighted to announce the appointment of Pauline Houston to the newly created position of Global Managing Director of Reed & Mackay Events.
The creation of the role and Pauline’s appointment demonstrates the company’s continued investment into their award-winning Events division and follows the recent additions of James Kent as Head of Growth and Emma Chamberlain as Commercial Director to work alongside Global Director of Events, Mandy Warwick.
With a career spanning over 25 years in business travel, meetings and events, Pauline has had global roles leading sales and supplier management, operations and product development with American Express and CWT, and has worked with top FTSE 250 and Fortune 500 companies. Pauline brings extensive commercial and international growth development experience to her new role and will help to continue to promote the global growth strategy that is already well underway and set to continue at Reed & Mackay.
On joining, Pauline shares, “I’m excited to be joining Reed & Mackay Events at a time when meetings and events are on the rise, with companies that know the value of bringing team members together to collaborate, drive innovative strategies and support talent retention. Reed & Mackay Events have and continue to invest heavily in global acquisitions, technology development and products – such is the importance of the global events growth strategy.”
A major player in corporate travel management and events, Pauline has worked with industry organisations including the ITM, Women in Travel and GBTA. Currently Pauline is the Chair of the EMEA Chapter of WINiT.
Julie Oliver, CEO UK, Europe, and Global Events at Reed & Mackay, said, “We’re delighted to be welcoming Pauline to the Team at such an exciting time for Reed & Mackay. We are committed to offering a value proposition to our clients that offers transient travel alongside team offsites and full event management under one contract. Pauline will support me and the wider team to continue our global growth strategy.”
It’s been a remarkable time for Reed & Mackay Events, having recently celebrated its continued No. 1 position in the C&IT Top 50 Event Agency listings and with Reed & Mackay’s latest European acquisition of Italian travel and event company, Regent International. Their sustained global growth has also seen appointments of Jose Antonio Ruiz as Deputy Director of Events, Spain; Karin Liberg as Senior Director Events & Business Development, Nordics; and Barbara Labrit as Head of Events in France.
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About Reed & Mackay
Reed & Mackay delivers service-led corporate travel, people-focused technology, and award-winning event solutions across the globe. As part of the Navan Group, we believe in travel made easy, and in software designed for the people who use it. Reed & Mackay combines inspired service with state-of-the-art technology to create a level of travel and event management like no other and with a prestigious client base across financial, legal, insurance, marine and energy, and media sectors. Read more: www.reedmackay.com.
