For: Bars By Design / Event Expert  – Location: Kingston Upon Thames

Brief - Organised a team building Cocktail Masterclass event for 35 international Unilever employees.  Event was held within the Unilever Four Acres private estate in Kingston. Based on the Cocktail-in-a-box gift service offered by Bars by Design this is the 4th event for Unilever with two more in the pipeline.

For: Entourage Live/ Bars By Design – Canterbury

Brief - Designed, produced and managed a 10 metre rustic bar for the second Pantomime season within the Marlowe Theatre Arena. This was a two year temporary structure design and built to keep the Panto Season alive while the new Marlowe Theatre was constructed. In the first year I produced a 12m Jolly Roger themed bar for the Peter Pan show. The event ran for 10 weeks and attracted over 75,000 to this 1200 seater venue.

For: AEG / Loudsound – Location: Winter Wonderland, Hyde Park

Brief - Helped the sponsorship manager from Loudsound produce a one day live chef demonstration for Lidl Supermarkets. Event took place outside, on and around the temporary ice rink, within the Winter Wonderland site. The production was complicated by the severe weather that hit London that week when up to 6 inches of snow fell during the build and show.

For:  20-20 Event Management Ltd / Event Expert – Location: Regents Park, London

Brief - Working as part of a large 20-20 event team for my 7th year as Infrastructure Manager. Responsible for all external contractors on this 22,000sqm contemporary art fair. With over 150 gallerys from all over the world this event attracts 60,000 visitors over 4 days. Probably one of the best events I am envolved in – partly down to Steve Cunningham the Event Producer and MD of 20-20.

For: WRG/ Sevens7 – Location: St Margarets, Twickenham

Brief - Called at 3pm the day before the Papal Visit to Twickenham after the Chairman of WRG turned up on site and found a less than appealing set and stage build. Arrived at 6pm to assess the situation. Had 10 carpenters and 6 crew work overnight to turn around what would have been a PR disaster as the event was live on BBC, ITV and SKY. Event ran smoothly and 3000 children enjoyed seeing his highness. As Mark Wallace Chairman at WRG put it ‘ you were a star Dan’

Papal Visit: The Big Assembly from Catholic Church (England/Wales) on Vimeo.

For: Loudsound/AEG/ Sevens7 – Location: Victoria Park, London

Brief - Working under the Sevens7 company mantle I was asked to help the Loudsound team produce a new event on the busy bank holiday August weekend. The London Electronic Dance festival was a 40,000 capacity event over 2 days. Responsible for the on site management of this event including marking out, site and local crew management, supplier and statutory authority liaisons. The event was well attended considering the appalling weather. Superb performance from Leftfield.

http://www.ledfestival.net/

For: WOMAD Trader Management Team/ Event Expert – Location: Charlton Park, Wiltshire

Brief - As part of a close team of eight I helped with the onsite management of all the food, non-food and charity traders at this well respected music festival. Responsible for the site marking out, services provision and trader welfare. Over 300 traders desend to Charlton Park over the week before the ticket holders arrive and require careful management. This was my 3rd year at this event.

http://womad.org/festivals/charlton-park/

For: GoAhead Events / 20-20 Event Management Ltd – Location: Ham Polo Club, Ham

Brief - Under the 20-20 Events banner I assisted GoAhead Event team produce a 5000 capacity 10th anniversary New Zealand day in the prestigious Ham Polo Club Grounds.  Working closely with the Polo Club management team I organised site layout, supplier contracts, exhibitor planning and on site event management for this one day event. Also planned traffic management and shuttle buses from local station. With 50 exhibitors and a headline sponsor (Westpac) the weather was kind and the Kiwis watched 4 international polo matches before being entertained by NZ artists on the main stage into the evening.

www.toastfestivals.co.uk/ten/