Power 50 2009

C&IT's annual influence index

Power 50 2009 rankings - click on the names to find out why they were nominated

1.Nick Bender, managing director, Grass Roots Eventcom
2. Nigel Cooper, group executive director, Motivcom
3. Kate Conway, internal communications manager, events, Tesco
4. Julian Pullan, executive VP, managing director, Jack Morton Worldwide
5. Caroline Strachan, global category leader - Business Travel, AstraZeneca/Chairman, ITM
6. Mark Taylor, head of events, BI Worldwide/chair, Eventia
7. Sarah Wright, head of events, Barclays
8. Fay Sharpe, managing director - sales and marketing, Zibrant
9. Samantha van Leeuwen, head of UK hotels and venues, Pricewaterhouse Coopers
10. Duncan Beale, managing director, Line Up
11. Dirk Mischendahl, director, Logistik
12. Zanine Adams, head of event solutions and UK sales, Visit London
13. Duncan Reid, group portfolio director, International Confex
14. Anita Lowe, chief executive, Venues Event Management
15. Simon Hughes, director of live events, COI
16. Andrew Latta, head of corporate events, Aviva
17. Maarten Vanneste, president and CEO, Abbit Meeting Support
18. Patrick Delaney, managing director, Ovation Global DMC
19. Jayson Weston, events manager, Indesit
20. Ian Irving, director of corporate, RPM
21. Jennifer Jenkins, managing director, MCI UK
22. Anthony Hyde, head of corporate sales, Barbican/president MPI UK Chapter
23. Chris Parnham, managing director - operations, Zibrant
24. Fiona Pelham, managing director, Organise This
25. Graham Keene, group executive chairman,World Events
26. Andrew Gilkerson, European procurement meeting and congress category lead, Pfizer
27. Tina Morris, managing partner, Adding Value
28. Peter Ducker, executive director, HBAA
29. Rob Allen, chief executive, TRO Group
30. Nick Porter, managing director, Fresh Group
31. Guy Bigwood, group sustainability director, MCI
32. Dale Parmenter, managing director, DRP
33. Randle Stonier, founding partner, Adding Value
34. Leigh Jagger, CEO, Banks Sadler
35. Matt Smith, director, Black Tomato
36. Izania Downie, CEO, Eventia
37. Andrew Williams, managing director, Seventeen Events
38. Jacquie Rogers, general manager, BT Convention Centre (ACC Liverpool)
39. David Hornby, England 2018 accommodation and hospitality consultant
40. Aileen Reuter, marketing director, Grass Roots
41. Hamish Reid, general manager, Jersey Conference Bureau
42. Peter Kerwood, head of marketing for events, Merlin Entertainments Group
43. Maria Duddin, general manager, The Brewery
44. Ted Walker, marketing manager, Keith Prowse
45. Cath Couzens, director, Perception Sales & Marketing
46. Patricia di Patrizio, regional director of sales, UK, The Rocco Forte Collection
47. Kate Disley, group marketing manager, International Confex
48. Jacqui Kavanagh, managing director, Trinity Conferences
49. Rob Davidson, senior lecturer in business travel and tourism, University of Westminster
50. Donna Abberley, business tourism manager, South Africa Tourism