Meet your Conference Team

Planning and delivering such a packed programme of events is a balancing act, says Jo. “With such a full conference schedule and being a small team, we need to balance our efforts between working on the finer detail of events that are taking place in the coming months such as managing speakers, planning dinners and liaising with events teams in our chosen venues, alongside the longer term forward planning activities, including researching and sourcing venues for future year’s conferences at the same time,” she explains.

“Fortunately, not everything is down to just Lani & I, the wider Praxity team are involved in many aspects of our conferences, and everyone plays their part in pulling everything together to give our delegates the best possible conference experience,” Jo says.

Lani adds: “My role within Praxity is very varied, from sourcing venues, negotiating contracts, liaising with hotels, delegates, speakers and DMC’s (Destination Management Companies), to name a few. It is always rewarding to have worked on the planning of a conference from start to finish and then to be able to see Praxity members come together and experience all the elements our conferences have to offer.”

Not surprisingly, Jo and Lani bring extensive experience to their respective roles. Jo has been with Praxity for just over a year, having previously spent the majority of her events career in the aerospace industry, working on delivering exhibitions and corporate events globally for the best part of 20 years. This has taken her to places as far flung as Korea, India, the U.S., and lots of places in between. Lani has just celebrated her ten-year anniversary working with Praxity. Prior to this, she worked for CIPD, organising events in the not-for-profit sector, as well as other event organisation roles.

For details and to book your place at Praxity’s conferences and events, including the Global Tax Conference in June, please log on to the Praxity portal.