Jackie has had over 30 years working in the UK hospitality industry, marketing and selling hotel group and venues, including Hilton, along with 9 years at the new Wembley Stadium, where she was part of the pre-opening and mobilisation team. She has first hand of experience of selling into the MICE, Corporate and Leisure markets, and has been an active member of several industry Associations serving either as a Board member or a founding partner.
Her current role as Head of Business Events for The Barbican involves her working across its vast portfolio of venues, continuing its growth and commercial success in the domestic and international business events market, whilst blending in with the artistic offer to create bespoke and memorable events for business clients, and at the same time connecting with the arts programmes.

A winner in the supplier/venue category of the UK Event Hot 50 Awards 2016 and 2017, Jackie is regularly featured in a variety of meetings and events industry honours lists. These include C&IT’s Venue Heads, where she has been voted 3rd in the UK, along with Event Management’s Event 100 Club where she was placed 18th out of 100. She has also been included in C&IT’s Power 50 – the most 50 most influential people in the UK Meetings and Event industry.

Tracy Halliwell heads up London’s Convention Bureau, managing the event solutions team and a global sales team focused on attracting discretionary business, cultural & sporting events to the capital. At the same time Tracy works with city stakeholders to develop and build London’s business and major events tourism offering.

Prior to joining London & Partners Tracy had over 20 years’ experience in senior sales and marketing positions in the tourism industry. She has worked with Millennium and Copthorne Hotels, Thistle Hotels, Le Meridien Hotels and Resorts and has held numerous property-based Director of Sales & Marketing roles within London and the UK.

Tracy was awarded an MBE for services to business tourism in 2014.

In 2008 John launched Green & Fortune and Kings Place Events which coincided with the opening of Kings Place, in Kings Cross London.  In this time, Kings Place Events has established itself as one of London’s premium venues for conferencing, hospitality and events.  The company also has a Café brand of its own name within its portfolio as well as the restaurant, bar and private dining business, Rotunda.

In 2017 Green and Fortune launched Sea Containers Events, on London’s South Bank, in the iconic building of the same name.  In early 2020 Green & Fortune partnered with Central Hall Westminster to provide event hospitality services at London’s largest conference venue.  2019 saw the launch of Daffodil Mulligan and Gibney’s London, a restaurant, bar and music venue near Old Street London with business partner Richard Corrigan.

Prior to launching Green & Fortune, John was Chief Executive of Searcys, taking it from a two site focused business to a large and significant operator in the bespoke end of the food service and events sector.

John was a founding director of the Kings Cross Business Partnership, now Urban Partners, and works with numerous charities.  Lockdown has seen his company donate thousands of meals to a local food bank and a welfare charity in Islington and Camden, which continues today.  He is a director of Kings Cross Recruit and has worked with local authorities on many local employment initiatives.