Rose Padmore
Madalina Marincas
Gordon Padmore
As a company director for 38 years with experience in manufacturing, service and sales in the sports and leisure sector, Gordon’s recent drive and motivation comes from a desire to share these experiences. He has an ability to stand back and view a complete picture with a rational calmness, resulting in a positive effect on those working with him. Gordon has been an ardent supporter of OD&V from its inception in 2000 by providing financial services. He is known for his love of sport, sense of humour and faultless integrity which, together with his visionary approach to challenges and opportunities, create the foundation for his achievements. In his spare time, he is an enthusiastic dinghy sailor, although not such a keen swimmer!
Sarah Brooks
Sarah took up a permanent position in the OD&V team in 2018, having worked with us on an ad-hoc basis since 2014 on several conferences as Exhibitor Co-ordinator. Her background in sales and marketing in a number of industries as well as an educational academy trust is invaluable as Sarah now looks after promoting OD&V as well as the individual clients’ projects. When not in front of a screen, you can find her in the great outdoors. Sarah is a Basic Expedition Leader (BEL) with Silver Navigation, First Aid (indoors and outdoors), and regularly spends her weekends as an Expedition Superviser and Expedition Assessor working with young people as part of the Duke of Edinburgh Award Programme.
Clare Beach
As a PCO and Managing Director of Azura Events Limited, Clare is a list Queen, renowned for her hard-working enthusiasm, ‘can do’ attitude and attention to detail, and her clients have come to expect nothing else. Her experience in the conference industry has been spent in both commercial and not-for-profit organisations. Clare was elected to the ABPCO Board 2014 – 2018 and continues to benefit hugely from the professional, relevant networking and sharing of knowledge that being a member of the association provides. Clare is particularly passionate about making events as sustainable as possible and enjoys working with clients and suppliers to come up with creative ideas to reduce the impact of our events on the environment as much as possible.
Lucy Biltcliffe
Lucy joined OD&V in 2021 with professional experience, fresh perspectives and a background in marketing, supporting organisations within the hospitality, events, associations and service industry. Throughout her career spanning 25 years, Lucy has enjoyed building on her signature strengths; tuning in quickly to understand customer’s needs, being an ‘arranger’ and aligning people and resources as well as utilising her customer focussed, strong interpersonal and communication skills. Lucy thrives in a creative team that organises events and designs services for clients and brings natural enthusiasm to the team and projects that she is working on.
Kate Hadley
Kate has 10 years experience of working in the television industry, mostly as a Production Co-Ordinator/Manager. A role that means being across an entire production from start to finish. From preplanning and scheduling, to filming then editing / post-production and completion. With scheduling being a vital part of the event planning process, particularly in the virtual-hybrid world, Kate's developing role at OD&V is keeping an eye on all factors, ensuring deadlines are met for a smooth event production process.
Steve Pitt
With his over 20 years’ experience and passion for creating credible, visual brands, Steve works closely with OD&V to design, develop and enhance event branding, assisting on a wide range of elements from website brand to event signage. Steve’s passion for graphic design has only one equal: his passion for riding motorcycles!
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