about

Mike Jackson

Freelance

Mike started in the event industry in 1985 as a client as an Event Manager with The Boots Company before jumping over to the agency side joining Spectrum Communications as an Account Director in 1990. After a thorough training on a huge variety of shows, Mike setup his own agency, Ultimate Events, with two colleagues in 1995.  Ultimate Events grew very rapidly on the back of a contract to produce all Microsoft Europe’s conferences peaking at 25 staff and £12m turnover in 2001 when Mike sold the business to a major advertising agency and subsequently merged with HP:ICM and PCI to become PCI:Live.  In 2005 Mike “retired” from the events business and after a lot of sleep has returned in 2010 as Head of Live Events for Stage Electrics, one of the largest Audio Visual hire companies in the UK.  Having enjoyed his time wearing a black t-shirt and a hi-vis vest Mike has recently decided to return to the Production side of the industry.    

Intention Statement
I have a rekindled passion for the events industry and having returned at the end of a severe slowdown want to help clients, agencies and suppliers maximise the benefits of talking with one voice through a strong industry body, something I feel our important industry has lacked in the past.  My experience of being first a client, then heading an agency and then leading a major supplier is I believe pretty unique and certainly gives me some interesting stories to tell!