Alastair is the founder and CEO of Etc Venues - a company that hosts events for over a million people per year in the UK alone. He turned the company into the fastest growing UK conference venue business.

In 2006 he left Rentokil Initial, where he had been MD of the conference venue business, Initial Style Conferences. With private equity backing from Dunedin Capital Partners he acquired the specialist city centre venue company, etc.venues. In 2012 he secured fresh capital from Growth Capital Partners in a secondary management Buyout.

Alastair was an Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of Year finalist in 2009 and again in 2013. You can read about him in The Sunday Times, The Daily Telegraph, Conference News and EP Business in Hospitality.

Alastair is an enthusiastic golfer, tennis player and skier.

He kindly agreed to come and share his business tips on how to outgrow competition, how to use smart marketing and how to use technology in a way that benefits the user.