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Tanya Cheney (née Pryke-Smith)

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Conference Manager at Richmond Events
📍 Brighton, England, United Kingdom

Tanya is a Conference Manager at Richmond Events, specializing in impactful programs for IT, Telecoms, HR, and Supply Chain leaders. With a Professional Diploma in Marketing, she excels at speaker acquisition and C-suite liaison. Colleagues describe her as highly professional and well-organized, with a talent for building collaborative relationships.

Outside her corporate focus, Tanya has a background in community-oriented events, including coordinating for a dance academy and managing a school speaker program for an adventurer. She took a career break for full-time parenting, showing a deep commitment to family alongside her professional drive.

Unique fact: She worked as a publicist for record-breaking adventurer and explorer James Ketchell.

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Experience
31 Years
Current Role
Conference Manager
Job Level
Middle
Location
Brighton, England, United Kingdom
Personality Overview

How Tanya shows up

ROI Conscious
Judgemental
Demanding

They respond well to confident salespeople. They can be nudged to make faster decisions by offering what they value. They focus on objectivity in a pitch and pay little attention to bells and whistles.

Priorities

Topics Tanya cares about

Logistics & Supply Chain
Manages and develops the conference program for The Richmond Logistics & Supply Chain Forum, focusing on issues that matter to senior leaders in the field.
IT Leadership
Organizes The Richmond IT Directors' Forum, securing speakers and curating content on critical topics for technology executives.
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Career

Work history

7-2025
Conference Manager
Richmond Events
12-2022 - 7-2025
Head of Programme and Speaker Acquisition
Executive Leaders Network (ELN)
9-2021 - 11-2022
Publicist for James Ketchell
James Ketchell
3-2013 - 6-2021
School Event Co-ordinator
Karen Blackburn Dance Academy Hook, Hampshire
7-2005 - 2-2013
Full-time parenting
Career Break
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
1989 - 1991
A Levels
The Henley College
Professional Diploma in Marketing
CIM | The Chartered Institute of Marketing
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Dominance (D)

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