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Izania Downie

CEO, Eventia

Following one year on the board of the ITMA (Eventia's predecessor) heading up Marketing and Membership, Izania Downie became part of the team who managed the merger between ITMA and CEA and were tasked with creating the vision of the new association. After the successful launch of Eventia (the events industry association) in January 2006 Izania was appointed full-time Executive Director of Eventia, in August of that year.

Izania has 15 years' experience in the Marketing and Events industry, with a career spanning the corporate, agency and hotel sectors, in both NZ and the UK.

Her range of experience includes sales in the health and wellness sector and marketing manager in the Finance, IT and Media industries. She also ran her own event agency whilst studying for her marketing degree at Auckland University. After graduation she moved to London and worked in Hotel Sales and Marketing, eventually becoming Global Sales Director of the C&I team at Starwood Hotels & Resorts.

An active member of The Business Visits and Events Partnership, Izania is also a regular columnist on www.eventsreview.com.