Shane has more than 20 years’ experience of working in the global travel industry. He got his first taste of the business events industry when he moved to Reed Travel Exhibitions as Sales Manager for Europe and the Middle East.  Shane then progressed through various key roles, including Sales Director at Reed Exhibitions, a role which included the creation and roll out of the Global Key Account Management Programme at Reed Travel Exhibitions. Shane was a group commercial lead for space and non-space revenues across global travel events brands such as WTM, IBTM and ILTM and more recently took on the role of Portfolio Director at IBTM in June 2018.

In September 2021, Shane joined Montgomery Group as the Regional Director of Montgomery Events focussing on the sectors of food, drink and hospitality. In July 2022, Shane was promoted to Managing Director – Montgomery Events.

Shane is married, with two children. He is a very keen cyclist, junior football coach and enjoys cooking, travel and gastronomy.