Fiona began her career in marketing, working with trade exhibition organiser Blenheim. There she was responsible for a small group of trade shows including the Forecourt Show , which ultimately led to the PetroForum events. Spotting a gap in the market, Fiona founded OpenRoom in 2004.

Emma's early career included spells at Blenheim and Reed Exhibitions Group where she worked as Marketing Manager on a host of industry trade shows. She then ran her own marketing and PR consultancy, Out of House Marketing, before founding OpenRoom in 2004.

Jerome graduated from the Univeristy of York with a degree in Business Management. He manages all relationships with our Hotel venues, to make sure the events run smoothly and delegates are well fed and entertained. He's also known as the Office handy man!

Annabel has been with OpenRoom since 2008, and before that worked for two major London advertising agencies. As OpenRoom's first employee, she's had almost every role in the company bar Managing Director. Now she has finally found her niche taking care of the company's marketing and creative output. With an eagle eye for detail, she keeps a check on pantone colours, fonts and the OpenRoom team's design disasters ;-)

Hannah has been with OpenRoom since 2009, she has had many roles within the company, but one constant has been her obsession to make the team work smarter not harder. Now as Projects Manager, she is driving efficiencies within the company, researching and utilising the latest technologies to move the company forward. Her unofficial role is to keep the team smiling with as many colourful outfits and hair styles she can muster.  

Lily is a sociology and social policy graduate from Bristol University. She's the most recent addition to the MarkOps department and has become the magical onsite app guru. She's also the Chairman's favourite.

Dominic joined the business during the pandemic after graduating from Newcastle University.  He helped launch the company’s virtual and hybrid products and is now part of the sales team, looking after ReFuel clients around the world. In his spare time, he designs OpenRoom’s branded sportswear and takes the Chairman on lunchtime walks.

Joss's sales and events experience began with a London based flower delivery company - he spent the vast majority of the pandemic delivering flowers on a 300kg cargo bike! He is a recent addition to our sales team and has taken the reins on recruiting diverse and interesting suppliers to our DentalForums. When not at work, he can be found chilling in South East London with his fiancée and an African land snail.

Lucy is a recent graduate from the University of Sydney where she studied Spanish and French. She is part of the buyer recruitment team and works to keep our clients involved and up to date on the events. As the token non-Aussie Aussie, she likes nothing better than drinking stubbies and slapping another shrimp on the barbie.

Bella graduated from the University of Liverpool in 2019 with a degree in Psychology, which included a mental health placement in Sri Lanka. Post-university, she worked as a Digital Media Intern at a ski academy in Tignes, France. Bella joined as an Account Manager in 2021 and works closely with Fiona and Lucy, as well as the wonderful Sales Team.  Outside of work, Bella is a member of The HAC as an army reservist.

Christopher graduated from Bristol University in 2021, and after a short stint working for a London Christmas tree company, joined the buyer recruitment team at the start of 2022 where he works closely with Bella, Lucy and Fiona. Outside of work, he can be found walking his dog Tommy in Richmond Park or catching up with his friends over some drinks.

Daisy is our most recent addition to the Sales Team – after achieving a Distinction Honours at the Oxford Media & Business School she is quite the dab hand with all things Excel related. When out of the office, you’ll find Daisy singing (screaming) to Harry Styles or planning when she’ll next be hitting the ski slopes! 

Sandra graduated from the University of Kent with a degree in Event Design & Production. Sandra joined Open Room in 2019, as Marketing Executive, bringing her creative flair and boundless knowledge of design software to the marketing department - her nickname is Queen Adobe. Outside work, Sandra is decorating and setting the scene for lavish weddings & events.

Stephen has launched and run large-scale events in the UK and USA for UBM and CloserStill. He is now representing OpenRoom as General Manager, North America, as OpenRoom expands its offering in this key market.

Jake is the CEO and producer of Free Bird Film, a production company based in the UK. From story-boarding to colour grading, cinematography to sound design, pre-production to post-production, they specialise in the creation of corporate, commercial and music videos, and coverage of a wide-range of events. They are also a social enterprise, and use a quarter of their profits to produce films for NGOs and other social enterprises that promote social justice. Jake is our official Videographer Partner, and will be onsite at all of our events. 

Humphrey splits his time between responsibilities of Mischief Maker and Chief Taste Tester. He maintains a high level of office morale and it's only a matter of time before he's running the place!

Flo takes her responsibilities as Head of Security very seriously, monitoring everyone who comes and gos, and barking loudly when she's not sure. When she's not securing the premises, she rampages with Humphrey chasing tennis balls.