Key Personnel

Neil Stewart
Chair and Chief Executive

Neil Stewart is the Director of Neil Stewart Associates. Between 1989 and 1992 he worked as Political Secretary to the Rt Hon Neil Kinnock MP in the office of the Leader of the Opposition.

Between 1984 and 1989, Neil was responsible for Parliamentary Affairs and then Director of Press and Public Relations for the Royal College of Nursing, leading a team of press and parliamentary officers.

Neil Stewart has a postgraduate qualification in Communications, Advertising and Marketing and is a member of the Institute of Public Relations.

Katrina Wright
Director of Conference Production

Katrina directs and manages the Production Team which comprises 6 Project Managers.

This is the team which makes reality of the plans put into place by the Research, Marketing and Sponsorship teams. The Production team negotiate prices and organise the logistics with venues, hotels, stage-builders, audio-visual technicians and printers as well as making all arrangements for speakers, clients, sponsors and delegates.

Katrina supervises the Finance Department and oversees the Customer Services team who manage all pre-conference delegate liaison, process bookings and produce delegate correspondence.

Katrina came to Neil Stewart Associates in 1994 and for many years managed all aspects of our events. She came from a London borough where she was a Project Manager for Technical Services teams: planning work and monitoring costs for capital and maintenance works. She has experience in transport operation and planning. She is a graduate of Aberdeen University.