Michael is the founder and managing director of iQuest. He has a wealth of experience in the events industry having held senior management positions with one of the world’s leading conference and exhibition companies, Terrapinn.
At various times he held the positions of managing director of Terrapinn’s businesses in Mexico, New Zealand, Australia and Britain. Most recently, Michael is a past chief executive of The Irish Direct Marketing Association.
Outside of iQuest, Michael is passionate about Arsenal football club and his golf. He plays off a 4 handicap, which might sound pretty impressive but according to his colleagues is actually pretty lame considering the amount he plays.
Marion has worked with iQuest since the company was founded in 2001. She has held a range of sales and marketing roles in financial services and database marketing solutions in the UK. Prior to joining iQuest, she was Account Director at Creative Solutions, a sales promotion and direct marketing agency in Dublin.
Since joining iQuest, Marion has managed a range of our events - Marketing, CRM, Occupational Health & Safety, Healthcare, Waste Management, Information Security and Cloud Computing.
Marion lives in Kilkenny & is kept busy in her “spare” time with twin sons, Harry and Daniel.
Suzanne joined iQuest in 2002 after 6 years of working in various B2B Marketing roles. She has extensive knowledge and experience gained within the conferencing business with particular focus on programme development, sponsorship and integrated marcoms.
She holds a BA, HDip in Business Studies and Diploma in Marketing. Suzanne is responsible for the management of The National Water Summit, National Emergency Management Summit, The National Renewable Energy Summit and The National Health Summit.
Suzanne recently left her native Dublin to move to the so-called ‘real capital’, where she is kept busy with her two young children.
Although a recent addition to the iQuest team, Hilary has worked alongside iQuest on various events since 2003. Having worked as Operations Director with The Sunday Business Post Property Expo for 6 years, Hilary also co-published an Irish antiques and fine art magazine during this time. She also works as Operations Director of The Music Show, which is organised by Hot Press.
Hailing from Cross, Co. Mayo, Hilary has a BA in English and Art History from UCD.
She lives in Dublin city with her husband and young daughter and looks forward to one day returning to her hobbies of old: eating out and catching up with friends!
Having previously worked alongside iQuest on various projects since 2007, Greg eventually joined the team as Sales Manager in 2010.
He holds a Degree in Business Management and has a wealth of sales experience having previously held management positions in the retail sector for a number of years. At iQuest, he is responsible for ensuring all relevant people are aware our events are coming up and encouraging them to join us and their peers for a stimulating day.
A proud Kildare man, Greg hails from Allenwood and in his spare time is a keen golfer (plays off scratch so makes the boss look like a complete novice) and avid fan of Kildare GAA and Liverpool Football Club.