From Set Building at the iconic Live Aid 1985, Wembley, to Project Manager of the award-winning UK Pavilion at the Japan World EXPO 2005 and most recently, Production Manager of the ATP Tour Finals Tennis 2013-2020 at The O2, London: Nigel has experience of the international Live Events industry from the inside out.
After qualifying with Advanced City & Guilds Carpentry & Joinery qualifications following a 3 year apprenticeship in 1982, Nigel found himself building scenery for West End Theatre, Films, TV, Rock and Roll, and Corporate Events at set building company Kimpton & Walker in London. In 1985 he installed the stage and revolving turntable for Live Aid at the old Wembley Football Stadium. In 1989 Nigel joined Imagination as a Production Manager working on exhibitions, launches, conferences, permanent and semi-permanent installations, large scale tours and one off musical extravaganzas. In 1996 Nigel joined live events specialist Pacesetter as Technical Director where he was responsible for the day to day running of the company and the overall delivery of projects. Over the next 5 years turnover and profits increased to a point where Bob Geldof’s company, Ten Alps plc, placed a bid to buy Pacesetter, with a cash and shares deal, agreed in 2001. Nigel became Technical Director at Ten Alps Events Ltd, where he was instrumental in winning and delivering the UK Pavilion at the Aichi, Japan, World EXPO 2005 for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, in a consortium with Land Design and the Natural History Museum. Nigel project managed and delivered the award winning pavilion in Japan.
Having initially worked in the set building department on events, then progressing to production management at Imagination, to then handling his own clients and delivering projects in a truly holistic way at Pacesetter, and finally now as a freelance resource, the different roles and responsibilities at each level have given Nigel the perfect insight into the live events industry. Roles and responsibilities have and still do vary. Sometimes the role is a straightforward project management role working with a set of already defined suppliers. On other occasions the role requires identifying a suite of suitable suppliers on the other side of the world, or producing production and infrastructure drawings, or building a full production team to implement the project, and quite often all of those things together.
Nigel is a freelance Project and Production Manager, delivering large and small live events.
EXPERIENCE
The following is a list of some of the projects Nigel has delivered during the last 36 years.
SCENIC BUILDS 1983 – 1988
Live Aid - Wembley Football Stadium 1985
Ford Transit Launch - Strasburg 1985
Ford Granada Launch - Chelmsford 1985
Cabaret – UK Tour & Strand theatre 1988
Time – Dominion Theatre, London 1984
Royal Britain – Barbican, London 1988
Witney Houston – UK/European Tour 1987
BA Club Class Launch – UK/European Tour 1986
Special Events
Holocaust Memorial Day – Westminster Central Hall 1999
The Experiment – Elstree Studios 1998
Joy to the World - Albert Hall 1990 & 91
Bafta Award - Grosvenor House Hotel 1994
Eurodisney Castle – UK/European Tour 1992
London’s New Year’s Eve Celebrations , 1999
UKTI - Tokyo 2016
Bastion Point - Dover 2022
Eurovision 2022 - Liverpool
Noor - Riyadh 2023
E Games Closing Ceremony - Riyadh 2024
Conference/Launch/Corporate
Ford Fiesta Launch - Wiesbaden 1989
Ford Ka Launch – ICC Birmingham 1991
Castle Ashby – Various launches, conferences, events 1994
Disney Channel Launch - Spain, Italy, Germany 2002
Independent Insurance Annual Conference – London 1997 – 2000
Freedom of the Seas - RCCL Southampton – 2008
Liberty of the Seas – RCCL Southampton – 2009
Independence of the Seas – RCCL Southampton – 2010
Intercontinental Hotel Group Re Launch – Farnborough 2007
Salesforce – Wynne, Las Vegas 2013 & 14
Intercontinental Hotel Group – Cairo 2010
Intercontinental – Dublin 2010
GSK – Miami 2013
GSK - London 2014
Salesforce - World Tour Keynote 2015-20
Airbnb – Paris. 2013
Appsdynamic – London 2016
Coco Film Premiere – London 2018
Incredibles 2 Film Premiere – London 2018
Exhibition
Motorfair - Earls Court 1990
Scottish Motorshow - Glasgow 1990
Cabletel – UK Tour 1998
NCR - Las Vegas (Sands CC) 1998
NCR - Miami (South Beach CC) 1999
NCR - New Orleans (Ernst Morial CC) 2000
NCR - Los Angeles (Anaheim CC) 2001
NCR - Atlanta (Atlanta CC) 2002
NCR - New Orleans (Ernst Morial CC)2003
NCR - Las Vegas (CC) 2004
NCR - Orlando (Orange County CC) 2005
NCR - Las Vegas (Mandalay Bay CC) 2006
NCR - Hannover (CEBIT) 1998
World Cup for Emirates – 23 Airports Worldwide 2006
World Cup for Emirates – 32 Airports Worldwide 2010
Lenovo – 8 Airports Worldwide 2007
Star Alliance – 8 Airports Worldwide 2009
Harry Potter – Film Premiere, UK European Tour 2009
Boeing – Seattle 2010
Sony MWC - Barcelona 2011
Cutty Sark - London 2012
Toy Fair – Nuremburg 2016 & 2018
Nissan – Goodwood 2013 & 14
Cadbury World – Cadbury 1994
Sky view – Gatwick 1996
EMI 100 – Edinburgh & London 1997
Sony IFA – Berlin 2011
Sports
Wentworth G.C – Temporary Club House 2017
Gatsby Club - The All England Club 2018
Rosewater Pavilion – The All England Club 2019
Olympic Games – London (Events Outside of Stadium) 2012
Paralympic Games – London (Events Outside of Stadium) 2012
Tour De France – Cambridge to London Infrastructure 2014
ATP Tennis Tour Finals - The 02 (2013-20)
LIV Golf 2023 St Albans
Laver Cup London - The 02 2022
World EXPO
World EXPO – Seville 1992, - Eurodisney
World EXPO – Aichi, Japan 2005 – UK Pavilion
World EXPO – Shanghai 2010 – Boeing Exhibition, USA Pavilion
World EXPO – Shanghai 2010 – Jumeirah Exhibition, UAE Pavilion
Skills
Budget writing
Project Programming
Production Scheduling
Production Infrastructure design and drawings
Procurement and Contracts
Design Process management
Production Team Building
Production liason
Site Management
Interests
Golf & Guitars