| Print | Close |

Matt Harris, Global Event Management

Matt Harris, Director, Global Event Management

Matt Harris, Director, Global Event Management

You need to have the Flash Player installed in your browser in order to use the audio player.

Why did Matt get into event management?

I’ve been working in events for a good part of eight to ten years now, while I was at school, during school, I kind of fell into it so, I finished school then became an audio engineer for a year and a bit or so and just thought, well, there’s a lot more to an event than audio. So I decided to do an event management course just to broaden my knowledge and see what was out there and see how I found things and if I would want to pursue that area, which I found I did. And I enjoy the whole scheme of things rather than one aspect. There’s different aspects, whether you be doing a large show, outdoor show, a gala night, an indoor show. So I just wanted to master all areas in an event, not just master an audio or a lighting side of things.

So yeh, I've been, I did that for a year, then I started up my own company which is now called Global Event Management which deals with event management on a large scale. When I say large scale, large outdoor shows like site-managing Robbie Williams, Chilli Peppers, Wave Aid, Live Earth, mainly for one Promoter. So, and what that entails is the whole sheme of things of a large outdoor show. So that's what I do, that's what I specialise in and that's what I'm happy doing.