Selected Slate of Office 2019-20

Dr James Musgrave is Subject Head at the UK Centre for Events Management. James has a strong publication background related to sustainable management within the events industry, having been awarded Highly Commended Paper Award Winner from Emerald Publishing for his article “Moving towards Responsible Events Management”. He is lead author of the MPI report into the value of CSR in the meetings industry. He is co-editor of ‘Sustainability and Events Management’ published by CAB International and special edition editor for the Worldwide Hospitality and Tourism Themes journal on the continuing debate of sustainable management within events. He has written numerous industry white papers and contributed to various book chapters, more recently for Professor Michael Hall (2014) Sustainable Management in Tourism. He is an invited speaker at international conferences on event management and sustainability. His PHD is from the world renowned Institute for Transport Studies, University of Leeds. He sits on the executive committee of the Association of Event Management Education, was a mirror committee member for ISO 20121 (Sustainable Events Management) and actively promotes sustainable practices in events through various industry partners and design of educational programmes. James has extensive experience in corporate events and hospitality operations and senior partner for Genuine Hospitality Consultancy. He has delivered training events for ARUP, Liverpool Arena and Convention Centre, Logistik and worked alongside Positive Impact to deliver online sustainable courses.

As Director of Networking my focus is to support members to bid for the annual EuroCHRIE conference. The conference is the main source of income for EuroCHRIE and one of the most valued activities associated with membership. The conference continues to be a high profile event, and with support from the board, I hope that the annual event increases its global reach. Consequently, it is vital that as Director of Networking I promote a transparent and fair bidding and shortlisting process. Along with board members, I will provide guidance for any member interested in bidding. This will include a review of proposal documentation through to guidance on programming, networking opportunities and content management. I will be pleased to support any one from the EuroCHRIE family with achieving a successful event, from conference idea through to completion.

Anne Conneally is Senior Lecturer in Hospitality Business Management at Sheffield Hallam University. She teaches across a number of hospitality business management modules on the EPAS accredited courses. Her academic credentials include: a Postgraduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education, Sheffield Hallam University, a BSc in Hospitality Management, Dublin Institute of Technology, and a MSc in Human Resource Management and Industrial Relations, National University Galway, Ireland.

Anne has dedicated working hours to the international hospitality industry; living and working in Ireland, Germany and the United States of America. She has shared her personal, professional and academic knowledge across the globe - delivering at conferences in Lausanne, Berlin, Dublin and Florida and teaching in Denmark, Hong Kong, United Kingdom and Cologne. Anne has been instrumental in supporting the validation of hospitality programmes at business schools in Mauritius and Vietnam and views these as essential success stories for the future and sustenance of the hospitality industry.

Anne is a Fellow of the Institute of Hospitality, a Fellow of the Institute of Learning and Teaching Academy, CIPD registered and is a certified Emotional Intelligence coach with RocheMartin; working as a consultant as well as embedding the practice in to her teaching.

As an active member of EuroCHRIE, Anne has enjoyed presenting papers on pedagogical approaches, employability and graduate skills, as well as offering up critiques of the hospitality industry. She acknowledges the value and worth of the industry to the world at large and has identified, on many occasions, the gaps which yet need to be addressed and/or at least discussed in open forum. This is where she believes her role as Director of Networking can be fully utilised and best placed to ensure EuroCHRIE continues to celebrate and focus on: best practice, challenges, and sustainable solutions going forward.

Anne has intentions to further utilise her local, national, international and global contacts and invite them in to, the well-established ethos of the EuroCHRIE family. She aims to work closely with the Vice President, chair of the Conference Committee and the Director of Education and Research.

Anne has previously written for the EuroCHRIE newsletter and has at this stage highlighted the importance of maintaining relations between industry, education and government. Her vision, via the EuroCHRIE platform, is to continue to work on strengthening the aforementioned relations, so that the hospitality industry can gain further traction and precedence.

Anne will use her industry experience, her scholarly writing and presentation skills, in addition to her “banging of the bodhran” (if necessary) to gain the attention of those who have not yet heard the beat of the EuroCHRIE drum.