Event platform Delegate Connect makes two key appointments

Melbourne-based event platform Delegate Connect has made two key appointments to help fuel the global growth of its hybrid and virtual events solution. The company has appointed James Law (pictured, left) as chief people officer and Chris Davies (pictured, right) as chief operating officer, effective 1 February. In the past year, Delegate Connect has quadrupled its employees to nearly 100, with 20% based overseas. Davies brings more than 20 years of experience in customer, digital technology and operations leadership in both growth and more established organisations to the COO role. His previous role was leading sales, design and customer service at the mobile phone and internet provider Belong. He was also head of operations delivery during Jetstar’s early period of scale up and international expansion and he brings strategic capability from his time at Boston Consulting Group. Law brings a diverse experience in human resources roles in start-up and scale-up businesses, having been chief people officer at the construction industry digital platform EstimateOne for nearly four years. He has also been director, human resources, for the betting exchange Betfair. Delegate Connect’s proprietary technology Platform has seen rapid uptake in recent years. Jordan Walsh, the company’s co-founder and CEO says: “The conference and events industry has undergone a radical and permanent transformation over the past couple of years. We’re seeing organisations across all sectors, which would traditionally hold in-person events and conferences, utilise technology to engage with attendees, sponsors and stakeholders through a combination of hybrid and virtual event formats. “Finding this balance is much more complex than simply deploying a piece of technology and handing it over to clients to use. At Delegate Connect we carefully curate a bespoke experience for speakers and attendees, tailoring each client’s platform, supporting event production and on-the-day delivery and, in doing this, we’ve found a way to maximise attendee accessibility and participation while ensuring their events are engaging and seamless to run.” The company has also raised A$10m seed in funding to underpin its expansion. “To ensure we continue with the rapid product development and global expansion, we needed to bring in exceptional talent to fill key roles and we couldn’t be more excited to have James and Chris join us. “When making these hires, we have deliberately looked for leaders with experience growing digital and customer-focused solutions to fill positions in our Melbourne, London and Norway offices, as well as in the US where we are expanding now.”