MEKHRIBAN JAMAKOVA
London
Summary
Very experienced Conference Director with the emphasis on high quality content development and market research for international events. Years of extensive research, analysis and speakers and partners acquisition in a variety of sectors and markets, with the specific focus for the past several years on and passion for industry decarbonisation and sustainability finance.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work history
Conference Content Director
Self-employed
London
10.2017 - Current
- Research, analysis, content and strategy development for international annual and launch conferences (from 100-600 participants, C-level executives and above)
- Team support - briefing sponsorship sales and marketing teams on the key market developments, potential commercial partnerships and detailed mapping of the target audience; preparing of extensive marketing strategy brief, product brief and SWOT analysis
- Writing event agendas, both 1-day conferences and 3-day multi-stream events and mapping the best speakers, partners and target audience
- Analysis and strategy development for underperforming events: extensive market and costs review, research with stakeholders and team coaching on the next steps
Consultant Social & Impact Investment (freelance)
Chevron/Act for Impact (Kazakhstan)
London
04.2021 - 06.2021
- Best practices benchmark research for implementing social and impact investment in the country with limited experience and socioeconomic challenges
- Consulting on opportunities and potential pitfalls for social investment in Kazakhstan specifically for a global oil & gas corporation with significant presence in the country
- Advising on opportunities for impact investment into entrepreneurship in Kazakhstan with the goal of delivering credible and long-term social impact
- Preparation and delivery of the final benchmarking and "next steps" report
Conference Manager
Adam Smith Conferences/IIR/Informa Plc
London
11.1999 - 08.2016
- Conducting expensive market research, from an idea to a conference agenda, complete with mapping key players, identifying relationships between target audience groups, and establishing directions for marketing and sales campaigns
- Leading a team consisting of sponsorship & delegate sales, marketing executive and operations manager from the research stage through to running the event on the day
- Inviting speakers (mostly C-level and above)
- Developing new ideas for both new events and scaling existing events by way of introducing add on days, sponsor-led workshops and new formats
- Events developed include metals & mining, forestry & paper, telecoms and submarine cables, banking & capital markets and country-specific investment summits
Country Director, Russia
Adam Smith Conferences/IIR/Informa Plc
London/Moscow
04.2004 - 01.2016
- Opening of Adam Smith Conferences overseas office in Moscow: hiring the local office Representative Director, sorting the legal and financial company status in Russia and renting the office space
- Hiring and managing the local staff (between 8-10 people)
- Fostering local links with government organisations and associations and business development to grow commercial partnerships and media/marketing support
- Together with the Operations Director in London creating the logistics hub in Moscow, which simplified the overall logistics of running conferences in Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan, significantly saving on event costs
- Delivering strategy and decisions on the future development opportunities in Russia & the CIS, staff, PR and new event ideas in this region
Education
Bachelor of Arts - English & French
09/1989 - 06/1994
Skills
- Highly developed soft skills: confident communicator and negotiator, excellent in providing team support and management, with strong organisational abilities
- Excellent analytical and research skills; able to quickly identify key areas in markets, sectors and problems
- Knowledgeable (and personally passionate about) in social and impact investing and sustainability finance
- Fast in learning new material and very adaptable to new environments
Languages
English
Fluent
Russian
Native
Spanish
Intermediate
French
Elementary
Work availability
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
morning
afternoon
evening
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Timeline
Consultant Social & Impact Investment (freelance) - Chevron/Act for Impact (Kazakhstan)
04.2021 - 06.2021
Conference Content Director - Self-employed
10.2017 - Current
Country Director, Russia - Adam Smith Conferences/IIR/Informa Plc
04.2004 - 01.2016
Conference Manager - Adam Smith Conferences/IIR/Informa Plc
11.1999 - 08.2016
State University of World Languages - Bachelor of Arts, English & French
09/1989 - 06/1994