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Judy holds a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) from the University of Sydney majoring in Australian Literature, English and Philosophy. Judy joined arinex in 2010 and is responsible for the conference operations teams in Australia. Judy has extensive experience in the travel industry and worked for American Express for fifteen years where she held senior roles in business travel operations and client relationship management

Judy’s strong focus on customer service and quality brings valuable experience to the team.

Matthew holds Bachelor of Law and Bachelor of Arts degrees from The University of Tasmania. Matthew was employed as a solicitor and then Senior Associate with leading Australian law firm Minter Ellison for almost 10 years, where he practised in a range of commercial areas including litigation, corporate and employment law.

In May 2004 Matthew undertook a major career change moving to Frankfurt, Germany to manage an international sports marketing company. In that role Matthew was integrally involved and gained extensive experience in a number of the world’s major sporting events including World Cup Soccer, World Cup Rugby, Winter Olympics and European Football. His role focussed on corporate hospitality, incentive strategies and ticket/accommodation procurement and distribution. Matthew joined arinex in January 2010 as General Manager of the arinex Melbourne office. His roles include client relations, business development and management of day to day operations.

Matthew’s legal background, international event experience and management skills bring varied and valuable support to our team.

David holds a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Southern Cross Lismore. He brings over two decades of financial management experience to arinex from the wine, retail and insurance industries, where he has held both commercial and financial accounting roles.  David has also worked as a consultant for a major Australian retailer and for several ecommerce businesses.  As the manager of our Finance team he is responsible for ensuring the highest standards of integrity are maintained for our accounting processes, as well as providing the commercial insight to assist the management team and our clients.  

David uses his finance expertise to deliver the financial integrity and commercial insight required to help clients and arinex make the best possible business decisions. 

Liz is a Sales and Marketing professional with extensive experience in strategy development, branding, e-business, communications and project management. She has led many high performing teams within the travel and not-for-profit industries including Flight Centre, Qantas and Outcomes Australia. Recently joining arinex, Liz brings a wealth of broad corporate understanding. Leading our Sponsorship & Exhibitions team, Liz is responsible for driving highly effective strategies to consistently meet and exceed sales targets and managing the trade exhibition logistics. With an extensive background in customer service, Liz also leads our Registration & Delegate Services team.

Liz has a Master of Business Administration with The University of Technology Sydney and spent 7 years in medical biochemistry before commencing her 15 year-plus career in corporate sales and marketing.

Liz is passionate about facilitating opportunities for people to interact, to be inspired and to do business.

Eithne graduated with a BEng (Hons) in Electronic and Electrical Engineering from University of Surrey, UK. Eithne came to arinex after ten years in the semiconductor industry where she grew from front line technical support engineering to managing a senior support team, gaining experience in customer service, management and sales. Eithne manages our IT team, looking after our internal infrastructure, onsite IT and AV requirements. Delivering a highly reliable service to ensure virtually 100% uptime of systems, remote access to systems from around the globe using multiple technologies, servicing all client needs both during the planning stages and on site.

Eithne uses her engineering background to bring a very systematic and detailed planning process to her department's activities to ensure efficiency of IT and AV products.

After completing a Bachelor of Hospitality Management from University of Western Sydney.

Seven years later, Monique heads up the arinex busy Accommodation and Housing Bureau where she is responsible for selecting and managing room blocks for thousands of international and national delegates each year.

Critical to Monique's success is her belief in establishing key relationships with suppliers and clients on a national level and developing strong communication channels across the major hotel chains.

With a comprehensive background in both conference and corporate special events, Paul's focus is on meeting his client's event objectives using creativity, strong budget management and his in-depth knowledge of suppliers.  

Paul and his team continually produce a fantastic range of creative and special events ensuring the end result is not only spectacular - but also a total success.  

Paul has a true dedication and passion for the industry and delights in ensuring each and every client receives that all important "wow" factor. 

Sonja has been working in the tourism industry for over 13 years and this experience includes three years experience at the Tourism Australia in London. Sonja joined arinex in 1999 in the conference division and now manages the Destination Management business unit. Sonja has managed extensive conference tours programs for World Congress on Pain, Asia Pacific Patent Attorneys Conference, the Transplantation Congress and more.

She has managed high profile programs in conjunction with major events taking place in Australia such as the 2006 Commonwealth Games, 2000 Olympics, 2008 World Rally Championship to name a few. She has also managed VIP incentive programs which include complex logistics and high end touring for corporate clients.

Sonja is an effortless multi-tasker with fantastic creativity and an eye for creating tour programs that deliver delight to all attendees.

Having started her career in the San Francisco Bay Area, Tricia has managed several multi-million dollar accounts including Compaq Computers, Network Associates, Providian Financial and eBay. Tricia, along with her wealth of advertising and marketing experience, holds not only a BA in Politics from the University of California, but also has a Masters in Social and Cultural History along with a Masters of Philosophy in History from the University of Essex. As the Queensland State Manager, Tricia manages all of the Operations and Business Development activities for the arinex Brisbane office.

Tricia's international and academic experience allows her to approach any situation with creativity, diplomacy, and above all else, the drive to succeed!

Born in Shanghai, China, Dr Yvonne Hu has been living in Australia since 1984. Yvonne has been Manager of the Sydney-based Conference Interpreter Services since 1994. Yvonne oversees the provision of professional conference language services for international conferences which have ranged from South Africa to the South Pacific and she has been involved with well over 300 international conferences.

A mandarin speaker, Yvonne acts as the liaison officer with Chinese conferences and has accompanied a number of Australian clients to China to overcome communication challenges. Yvonne is a regular speaker on the Asian/ Pacific meetings circuit, guest lectures at universities in China, Taiwan and Australia and provides an invaluable service to our clients with the understanding and development of the Chinese market.

Yvonne's calm and attentive attitude combined with her dedication for her department ensures client satisfaction on all levels of business.

Sara is arinex most Senior Project Manager, and has been with the company for 9 years, specialising in complex scientific conferences. She has managed over 40 conferences including some award winning events such as the 4th International Congress of Skull Base Surgery and The 16th Annual V.M. Goldschmidt Conference, the IEEE 802.11 / 802.15 Interim Meetings (Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers) in Sydney, Singapore, Berlin, Cairns, Melbourne and Taipei.

Sara is a highly professional, supportive and innovative manager who is highly committed to ensuring every Conference she works on is the most successful in its history.

Nicole has worked within the conference industry for 10 years and brings extensive logistical and venue skills following her senior appointments within Hyatt Hotels. Nicole graduated with a Bachelor of Business in Tourism and Hospitality in Melbourne, 2000. Nicole joined the Conference Management Team in September 2006. Nicole's background has benefited many clients resulting in seamless onsite operations and the registration and onsite management of thousands of delegates. Her most recent success was the XXII International Congress of The Transplantation Society which was attended by over 4500 delegates. 

Nicole enjoys seeing a conference come to fruition and being onsite. Her strengths are organisation and logistical skills, budget management and the dedication she shows to her clients which results in lasting relationships.