Point of View: Maciej Mikolajczak

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Maciej Mikolajczak
Production Manager, EY
https://www.linkedin.com/in/macmikolajczak/

As part of our commitment to championing the industry, we are talking to people about their careers and what IEM means to them.

Maciej’s career has always revolved around events. Over the last 10 years he has worked for global corporations (management consulting: McKinsey & Co.; PA Consulting; a law firm: Pinsent Masons; big four accounting firm: EY).   He also did a years work experience while studying Event Management at the University of Huddersfield.  He currently works as a consultant/Production Manager, running collaborative design workshops with very senior clients, in order to help support the sales pipeline at EY.   He said, “We work and think differently, solving big problems in a collaborative way, faster. I am very fortunate to be exposed to some of our world’s most complex challenges and get to work with some really smart people.”

Q What does the IEM mean to you?
A Having studied Event Management, I realised how difficult it is to break into this industry with little or no experience. It is hard for employers to recognise and reward talent, and back then I wished something akin to the IEM would exist.

Q Where do you hope to see the IEM in 20 years time?
A Twenty years from now IEM becomes a well established entity, delivering real value to members and is recognised for championing professionalism and people development.

Q What is your favourite event related memory?
A I had the pleasure of working on the Tall Ships Races 2011 event, which took place in Lerwick, Shetland. It was a hallmark event, for circa 30,000 people with lots of stakeholders and a huge impact on the local economy. I’m an avid sailor myself so this was a perfect combination of mixing pleasure with work! We even staged big concerts for 5,000 people with Bjorn Again and The Levellers.  One guitarist came into our event control office and asked me for a cup of hot water so that he could warm up his index finger and play his guitar better!