08/03/2024
This International Women’s Day, we’re proud to showcase the predominantly female Azura team. Our brilliant people are usually too busy making the Azura Events magic happen to take their moment in the sun, so we wanted to take today to celebrate them. Here are some brief introductions, but if you want to get to know them better, you can read our blog post: https://azuraevents.co.uk/category/blog/
First up, we have Azura Events Managing Director and all-round association events powerhouse, Clare Beach. Clare IS and has built the team harnessing the power of diversity to gain the greatest mix of skills and experience to make sure Azura events are always exceptional.
Next up is Semone Kotze. Semone is our Registration Manager. She is an extraordinary problem solver and often the person dealing with delegate challenges. Based in South Africa, her dream travel destinations are all places with cooler weather.
Our third introduction is Michael Lockett, our Platform Manager. We haven’t yet found a tech challenge too big for Michael and he’s a proud and supportive ally to our strong female team.
Next up is our Exhibitions Manager, Rachel Lockett, who happens to be married to Michael, but who is an outstanding member of the team in her own right. If she gets her way, our next event will be in Italy.
Patrizia Heidl Male, our Abstracts Manager has travelled so extensively, we had to ask her where she’s been that she loves best rather than where she still wants to go. Pat always has an eye on the big picture and her experience means she takes everything in her stride.
Marie-Claire Morley, or MC as she’s more commonly known is one of the newer additions to the team. She’s our Support Manager, which basically means she does a bit of everything and has one of the biggest jobs in the team.
Sue Munro is our new Speaker Manager, and she is off to a flying start. We don’t know how she does it, but she also finds time to volunteer with a Riding for the Disabled group and would have THE BIGGEST dream dinner party table.
Michelle Naidoo-Smith is our Sponsorship Manager and would forgo a dream dinner party to spend an afternoon baking with Taylor Swift and listening to secret vault songs. Hopefully she’d invite the rest of the team too.
Catherine Ross is our Marketing and Communications Manager. She wants to put solar panels everywhere and loves being surrounded by brilliant women.
Corinne Turner is our Finance Manager and wishes she had invented Cat’s Eyes. Though we’re glad she didn’t as we love having her as part of our team.
And finally, Christophe Jerome Viller works with Michael as our second Platform Manager. He would love to travel to Rome to see the Coliseum, but his dream dinner party guests are a lot closer to home – he’d invite Michael.
