Das Fespa-Team

Christophe joined the Board in 2014 and was elected Vice President in 2017. As of 2021 he is now the President. He also serves as President of FESPA France, the national association serving the French digital and wide format printing community. Over the past year Christophe has attended many meetings on behalf of FESPA and hosts the Southern European Congress. Christophe is a founding director of ATC (Autorise Toute Creativité), which he established with his business partner in 1991. The company now employs 70 people and provides a range of interior and outdoor signage, graphics, display and POS services to corporate and agency clients.

James verfügt über mehr als 20 Jahre Erfahrung im Vertrieb und war vor seinem Eintritt bei FESPA im Jahr 2005 in den Bereichen Werbung, Vertrieb und Ausstellungen tätig. James arbeitet im gesamten globalen Portfolio von Ausstellungen, die von FESPA angeboten werden, insbesondere im europäischen und asiatischen Markt.

James ist ein Vater zwei große Kinder, die viel seiner Zeit in Anspruch nimmt, jedoch kann er manchmal in der ^19. nach einer Runde Golf zu finden und genießt mit Familie und Freunden zu sozialisieren.

Neil Felton joined FESPA as Managing Director in 2011. Since then, the organisation has gone from strength to strength, experiencing remarkable growth. Neil has been instrumental in launching five new regional FESPA shows and four new sector specific events across the globe. He also expanded the international community, offering new FESPA Direct membership options in addition to the 37 associations, which are supported by FESPA’s Profit for Purpose programme. Neil was promoted to the position of CEO in 2013.

Prior to joining FESPA, Neil held a variety of senior exhibition roles, culminating as Executive Director at William Reed, where he presided over three-fold growth in event revenues from his division.

Neil graduated from Thames Valley University with a degree in Modern European Studies. He speaks fluent German.
 

Graeme is an enthusiastic print specialist with over 30 years’ experience in the screen and wide format digital printing industries, with knowledge acquired through hands-on design, production, sales, and operations management.

Graeme has a comprehensive understanding of printing processes, leading the goal of creating outstanding print that stimulates brand engagement through practical innovation.

As FESPA’s Head of Associations and Technical Lead he presents on technical topics at conferences and seminars. Graeme also provides in-house expertise to support the Print Make Wear, Printeriors and the new Colour L*A*B* features at FESPA’s exhibitions.

Graeme has been recently inducted as a Member of the ASDPT, the US based Academy of Screen and Digital print technologies following his nomination by Michel Caza.

Susan started her exhibition and events organising career at DMG World Media working on a variety of trade exhibitions, Fire, Tobacco, Metal, Glass and Coatings.  Susan joined FESPA in October 2006 and worked on FESPA’s flag ship exhibition in Berlin 2007.  As Head of Operations, she effectively manages the operations of FESPA’s global exhibitions and related events. 
 
The team were very proud to win the AEO Award for Best Overseas Show for FESPA Mexico 2017.  Following the terrible earthquake in Mexico on 19 September 2017, FESPA postponed the 10th edition of the exhibition during its build-up and rescheduled successfully just two months later.

Aufgrund von Duncans Kenntnissen und seiner Leidenschaft für die Community, der FESPA dient, fiel ihm die Entscheidung leicht, im Jahr 2022 zurückzukehren, um das Marketing- und Eventteam zu leiten, nachdem er fast drei Jahre lang erstklassige Events für die HR-Community durchgeführt hat.

Duncan kann auf mehr als 20 Jahre Erfahrung in der B2B-Kommunikation und im Eventbereich zurückblicken. Seine Erfahrungen als leitender Journalist und zuletzt als Eventdirektor aller Eventformate in verschiedenen Sektoren – von der öffentlichen Sicherheit über den Konsumgüterbereich bis hin zu Lebensmitteln und Getränken – haben ihn gut darauf vorbereitet, eine Schlüsselrolle beim Wachstum der FESPA zu spielen. Dabei liegt sein Fokus auf aussagekräftigen Inhalten und Verbindungen für die globale Druckgemeinschaft, die im Rahmen unseres Preisverleihungsprogramms, unserer Konferenzen und Sonderveranstaltungen auf unseren globalen Ausstellungen von 2010 bis 2019 bereitgestellt werden.

Duncan spielt gerne Golf, geht mit seinen Freunden und seinen beiden Töchtern im Teenageralter zum Paddeln und unternimmt andere Outdoor-Aktivitäten.

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. 
 
Joining FESPA in 2003, he has become a respected key member of the team and organised more than 40 global exhibitions with FESPA.  Through a dedication and passion for print and the people involved, Michael has been instrumental at the inception and execution of FESPA activities in Mexico, Brazil, Eurasia and South Africa. He works closely with the events teams to recognise market trends and launch new products and feature areas throughout the FESPA portfolio.   Away from print, Michael is kept busy by his wife, dog, travelling, healthy lifestyle and sports.

Emma has over 20 years’ experience in Finance and is a qualified Chartered accountant, having started her career in audit.  Since moving into industry, Emma has held a variety of finance manager roles in very diverse sectors (ranging from a Private Equity owned Veterinary Group to a national Charity).     
At FESPA, Emma is responsible for preparing the management accounts, assisting the Head of Finance and supporting the rest of the Finance team.  Emma works 3 days a week.
Emma has two children and outside of work, most of her time is spent ferrying them to, or watching them play, football. 

Marta has over 10 years’ experience working in the marketing and communications sector and has worked on logistics for internal events and conferences across many UK and International offices.  Externally, Marta was involved in the organisation of big international festivals, sports competitions and managed exhibition stands. 
 
Marta speaks Bulgarian, English and is fluent in Bulgarian and International sign language. 
 
Marta joined FESPA as Operations Executive in 2019 and manages the show floor plans, exhibitor manual, build-up and break down queries. She is also responsible for the organization and the management of special projects related to the exhibition; social events, theatres, workshops and features.
 
Marta loves travelling and learning about different cultures. In her spare time, she likes to explore and raise awareness about emotional intelligence, mindfulness and the benefits of behavioural psychology.
 

Katherine war von 1993 bis 2004 für Vauxhall und von 2004 bis 2007 für Peugeot als Vertriebsadministratorin tätig, bevor sie zu Reigate wechselte und als Executive Assistant des CEO von FESPA zu FESPA wechselte.

Katherine arbeitete ein Jahr in der Verkaufsabteilung, bevor der CEO von FESPA sie bat, seine PA zu sein. Seitdem unterstützt sie die Geschäftsleitung und den Vorstand in einer Vielzahl von Projekten.

Zu Katherines stolzesten Erfolgen gehört die Durchführung eines Galadinners zum 50 ^- jährigen Jubiläum für 719 Personen im Juni 2013 in London und die Ausrichtung der ersten Generalversammlung in Übersee für 69 Personen im September 2014 in Bangkok.