SMART CONNECTION CONSULTANCY - Key Persons
Anthony is a business, events, sales, and marketing professional. While his career has spanned various industries, in various countries, his current dedication lies within the sports, recreation, and fitness sectors. His expertise is in corporate partnerships, sponsorship, and the development of innovative commercial and marketing strategies. Anthony has successfully collaborated with governments, large corporations and SMEs in both Australian and international arenas. Anthony's commitment to sports extends to acting as a Board Director for Little Athletics Australia and Motorcycling Australia.
Jia is an events professional coming from the prestigious Plaza Ballroom within the Marriner Group and now an integral part of the team that delivers the National Sports & Physical Activity Convention and other sports and recreation industry events. Jia's expertise is in developing and delivering unique attendee experiences to create industry leading events. Her diverse skills set encompasses logistics, marketing, design, communications and operations with a keen eye for detail that delivers all of our client's needs and sets these relationships and our events up for success. A graduate from the University of Melbourne, Jia discovered her passion for the events industry during her university years.
Beyond her professional endeavours, Jia dedicates her spare time to cheering on the North Melbourne Football Club, even if it means enduring the occasional disappointment.
Job Titles:
- Managing Director
- Chief Executive Officer, National Sports & Physical Activity Convention
Martin has been in the sport and leisure industry for 40+ years, both in the UK and Australia. Initially managing leisure facilities, parks, arts, museums and tourism precincts. Recognised for his innovative solutions for the procurement industry in the UK and Australia, Martin has also managed 17 contracts for Melbourne City Council. In the past decade he has worked with many sports at a global, national, state and local level, on strategies, sports surfaces and facility management.
Martin leads the consultancy team and through our alliances and partnerships we can bring the best skills to each project from consultancy to events to investments and advocacy. Our network is extensive and some of these are listed in our partners page. We have a strong team of partners that make our events exciting, marketable and logistically easier as for events, from design to production, including social media, web design and publications, marketing, content development, stakeholder management and technological solutions.