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Melanie Shah

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Head of Events at Business Leader
📍 London, England, United Kingdom

Melanie Shah is the Head of Events at Business Leader, where she leverages extensive experience in conference management and content strategy from her previous senior roles at The Drum. She holds a Post-Graduate Diploma in Marketing from the Oxford College of Marketing, complementing her practical expertise in event production.

Outside of her demanding career, Melanie took a significant career break for full-time parenting, demonstrating a commitment to her family. Her professional interests include supporting founders and exploring personal stories of scaling businesses, showing a blend of professional curiosity and personal connection.

She serves as a jury member for the PPA Independent Publisher Awards, recognizing innovation in the industry.

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Experience
24 Years
Current Role
Head of Events
Job Level
Mid-senior
Location
London, England, United Kingdom
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Event Strategy
Her current role and posts focus on building successful events, such as the Business Leader Summit, from the ground up, covering pillars like policy, ambition, and capital.
Leadership Development
Organized an event focused on what it takes to build the next layer of leadership in mid-sized companies, covering topics like hiring bias.
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Career

Work history

2-2024
Head of Events
Business Leader
3-2023 - 2-2024
Head of Event Content
The Drum
5-2022 - 2-2024
Interim Events Director
The Drum
9-2018 - 4-2022
Full-time parenting
Career Break
7-2015 - 8-2018
Head of Live Events
The Drum - Modern Marketing and Media
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Education
2002 - 2004
Post- Graduate Diploma in Marketing
Oxford College of Marketing (Chartered Insitute of Marketing)
1993 - 1997
BA (HONS)
University of the West of England
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