Meet The Team
Alex Hewitt
Position: Managing Director Age: 42 Likes: The Mogador Wanderers Cricket Club, Rioja, BBQ's, empty weekends, happy children Dislikes: Traffic on the A3, wet Sundays, wearing shoes, three putting, Katie PriceIf I didn't work for AOK I would be...
Alex is MD at AOK Events, having been the driving force behind setting the company up in 2000. He started in the events industry in 1994 after a spell as a pub landlord nearly killed him. He looks after a number of our premier accounts as well as keeping a watching eye on our Operations Dept and the company's finances.
Call him on +44 (0) 20 8222 8420 or e-mail him at alex@aokevents.com.
Simon Hanbury
Position: Sales Director Age: 42 Likes: the countryside, the Amex Stadium, site inspections, Elvis and events abroad Dislikes: going grey, slow drivers on country roads, west country weather (it rains a lot!), First Great Western TrainsIf I didn't work for AOK I would be...
Simon is Sales Director and has been working in the hospitality industry since 1995. He heads our Sales Department and has overall responsibility for our "Special Event" business - team-building, parties, incentives & bespoke events. Simon is also an extremely able odd job man.
Call him on +44 (0) 20 8222 8420 or e-mail him at simon@aokevents.com.
Jo Greenstock
Position: Operations Director Age: 38 Likes: Organised people, spending time with my family, cold rosé on a summer’s day, a good red on a cold winter’s day & Champagne anytime! Dislikes: The British weather (when it messes up an event), cricket & unreliable suppliersIf I didn't work for AOK I would be...
Jo is Operations Director and has been working in the hospitality industry since 1996. She is in charge of our Operations Department and runs an extremely tight ship. Jo is obsessed with detail and writes lots of lists.
Call her on +44 (0) 20 8222 8420 or e-mail her at jo@aokevents.com.
Ben Eustace
Position: Director of Hospitality Age: 33 Likes: Country Pubs, Live Music & Twitter Dislikes: Bad manners, Britain's Got Talent & CheesecakeIf I didn't work for AOK I would be...
Ben joined AOK Events in October 2004 and he is now Director of our Corporate Hospitality business. Ben is quite tall and does good Little Britain impressions.
Call him on +44 (0) 20 8222 8420 or e-mail him at ben@aokevents.com.
Victoria Sloan
Position: Head of Operations Age: 39 Likes: it when an event comes together, heavy snow, horses, shopping, chocolate & diet coke Dislikes: Marmite, smelly people, football & having her photo takenIf I didn't work for AOK I would be...
Vicky joined AOK Events in April 2004, arriving with a wealth of experience gained from the hotel industry. She has responsibility for a number of our premier clients' events and loves organising anything "a bit different". She runs our Ops Department on a day to day basis.
Call her on +44 (0) 20 8222 8420 or e-mail her at victoria@aokevents.com.
Sam Baring
Position: Business Development Executive Age: 24 Likes: Manchester United, Ricky Gervais, The Stone Roses, Guinness, Online blackjack Dislikes: Shopping, Adrian Chiles, Reality TV, Liverpool FC, Su-DokuIf I didn't work for AOK I would be...
Sam joined AOK Events from a background in Business Development - he's young, keen and eager to win new business so will be a great addition to the sales team.
Call him on +44 (0) 20 8222 8420 or e-mail him at sam@aokevents.com.
Sophie McWilliams
Position: Operations Executive Age: 23 Likes: Travel, Baywatch, going to the gym Dislikes: Kippers, boys that show their pants, cheap wineIf I didn't work for AOK I would be...
Sophie joined our Ops Dept in June 2011 after a stint organising VIP in-flight meals for Absolute Taste.
Call her on +44 (0) 20 8222 8420 or e-mail her at sophie@aokevents.com.
Vicky Anderson
Position: Student / Part-time event manager Age: 28 Likes: Ribena, jazzing about, ballet, "champagne darling" & a good Mexican Dislikes: Cheap tequila, going to the gym & early startsIf I didn't work for AOK I would be...
"Bubbles" works part time at AOK after leaving us in 2010 to pursue a career in occupational therapy via three years at university - she continues to work for us during her holidays to help pay off her substantial student debts incurred .
Call her on +44 (0) 20 8222 8420 or e-mail her at vanderson@aokevents.com.
Tilly Hallett
Position: Operations Assistant Age: 19 Likes: Skiing/ Fresh Powder, Marmite, Empty Beaches, Jagerbombs and working with positive people Dislikes: Snowboarders, Sambuca, bad manners and horror filmsTilly joined AOK Events in February 2012 and is assisting both our Operations & Sales Departments. Tilly is comfortably the youngest employee that we have ever taken on, not that we're jealous...
Call her on +44 (0) 20 8222 8420 or e-mail her at tilly@aokevents.com.
Pancho
Position: Head of Security Age: 5 Likes: Ceasar, cardboard, the park and going to the gym Dislikes: Mice, baths, being on his ownIf I didn't work for AOK I would be...
We are delighted to have offered Pancho the role of Head Of Security at AOK Events.
Call him on +44 (0) 20 8222 8420 or e-mail him at pancho@aokevents.com.
Ever since AOK Events opened for business on June 1st 2000, we have consistently employed the very best event and account managers. Whilst looking after your events is our absolute priority, we like to do this with a smile on our face and striking up good working relationships with all of our clients is important to us. We all genuinely enjoy what we do and we hope that you enjoy working with us too.
Earlier this year we entered Fab 50, which was a competition arranged by Event Magazine and designed to find the best event company to work for in the UK. AOK Events came in 9th out of 653 companies that entered, which we are all very proud of. If you would like to join the team please send your CV to Alex Hewitt.
