London Convention Bureau
Convention bureau service: All markets
Fiona Plumpton
Head of Convention Bureau Services
Fiona has a wealth of experience in venue finding across all types of enquiries and knows London really well, having spent 23 years exploring the city. Get in touch with her or her team if you need to find an event space or have any questions on London.
Emmy Husband
Business Development Manager, Corporate
Emmy has more than a decade of experience in the hotel and hospitality industry in both proactive and reactive sales working within the corporate and MICE markets. She works within the Convention Bureau team assisting on all corporate enquiries offering advice and first hand knowledge on London venues and event services.
Barbara Jamison
Head of Business Development and Tourism Partner Engagement
Barbara is responsible for European business tourism sales and strategy. She has extensive experience within all sectors of inbound tourism to London. She has lived and worked in France and Germany and is fluent in both languages.
Diogo Castro
Business Development Coordinator, Europe
Having joined the Convention Bureau team in 2024, Diogo supports business development across Europe. He brings a strong track record in events and tech sales, as well as experience in multilingual account management. Speak to Diogo if you want to find out more about our European activities, including IMEX Frankfurt, IBTM World and sales missions.
Joshua Novick
Vice President, North America
Having joined the London Convention Bureau in 2013, Joshua is based in New York City and is focused on supporting our North American clients discover London for their meetings, incentives, conferences and events. Whilst not a native Londoner – after more than a decade of representing London, he is a go to resource for anything and everything London and the Convention Bureau’s “honorary Londoner”.
Suzanne Singleton
Head of Associations and Citywide Bids
As the Head of Associations, Suzanne leads on bringing key association congresses to London. Working with key stakeholders across the city, Suzanne and her team build the London proposition that secures and maintains London's position as one of the top 10 global destinations to host international association congresses. Across London, the Associations team work closely with the large venues, global hotel groups and service providers to create the London bid.
Serena Tallarico
Senior Business Development Manager, Research & Bids
As a member of the Convention Bureau team since 2012, Serena specialises in bidding for major international associations and corporate events and has a wealth of experience working closely with hotels, venues and service providers to unlock the city for our clients.
Rebecca Nelson
Business Development Manager, Associations
Rebecca is a New Zealander and arrived in London in early 2023 (via 18 months in Vietnam). She has worked in sales and marketing in the Business Events sector for the majority of her career, including leading the International Bidding team at Auckland Convention Bureau and also Conventions and Incentives NZ.With a quick segway into television and restaurant ownership in more recent years, she is delighted to be back in the Business Events space, working with the team to bring international association congress business to London.
Chloe Bailey
Bid Executive, Associations
After Chloe graduated from university in 2022, she gained experience at ExCeL London. This led her to her current role as part of the London Convention Bureau, where she supports the Associations team in bidding for large association events and handles smaller association enquiries, along with managing city-wide accommodation.
Ailsa Buck
Head of Major Events & City Experience
An experienced and PRINCE2-qualified project manager, Ailsa’s background is in delivering major sporting events across the UK, including the London Marathon and RideLondon. Ailsa is responsible for bringing new events to the capital, managing them through the project lifecycle and helping them unlock the city to maximise potential.
Nathalie Kadhim
Project Manager, Major Events & City Experience
Nathalie’s background is in marketing and project management, with particular expertise with the Chinese market. Her role is to support the Major Events & City Experience team.
Robert (Bob) Clayton
Project Manager, Major Events & City Experience
Before joining London & Partners, Bob worked at Centre for London and Leaders in Sport blending experience from both the sports industry and London policymaking. He’s also a born and bred Londoner, with a love for the city. His role at London & Partners is to attract sporting and cultural events to London as well as working on their delivery.
