Gather Event Operations

Your team, extended. Experienced event talent. Flexible capacity. Without the permanent overhead.

GEO gives event organisers access to experienced event professionals who can embed into your team, contribute from day one and flex with your workload.

PROJECTS | CONTRACTS | MATERNITY COVER OUTSOURCED CAPACITY | PERMANENT PLACEMENT

Built for the events industry

 

GEO isn’t a generic outsourcing company.

Our network is made up of experienced event professionals who understand the pace, pressure and commercial realities of delivering successful events.

From exhibitions and conferences to corporate events, associations and large-scale portfolios, we connect organisers with people who understand the job because they’ve done it.

Experienced people. Not just extra hands.

 

The difference matters.

GEO is built around experienced, vetted event professionals, matched to the specific requirements of your business, project and team.

We understand that you don’t simply need someone who can complete a task.

You need someone who understands deadlines that don’t move, stakeholders who need managing, budgets that need protecting, clients who need looking after and events that have to happen whether you’re ready or not.

That’s why GEO is built by event people, for event people.

Why GEO?

60+ years of event experience behind the network

GEO was founded by Denis Kampel and Leatitia van Straten, bringing more than 60 years of combined experience across exhibitions, conferences, events, marketing, operations and business development.

That experience sits at the heart of how we identify and match talent.

A network built from the industry

We don’t start with a generic recruitment database. We start with relationships and experience developed across the event industry.

Denis Kampel
Leatitia van Straten

Flexible by design

Scale your capacity around your workload, project requirements and event calendar.

Global capability

Access experienced South African event professionals who can support international organisers and teams remotely, with limited travel where required.

Less permanent overhead

Add experienced capability without immediately committing to another permanent headcount.

Need more experienced hands?

Whether you’re facing a capacity gap, preparing for a major event cycle, launching something new or simply need additional experienced resource, let’s talk.

Tell us what you’re trying to solve and we’ll explore whether GEO
has the right people to help.

Are you an experienced event professional?

We’re building a network of exceptional event talent across South Africa for exciting local and international opportunities.

If you’re an experienced event professional looking for project, contract or permanent opportunities, we’d like to hear from you.