About Us

Event Management Partner

We are a leading end to end event management specialist. We are experts in helping our clients communicate and engage audiences through live, virtual and hybrid event experiences. We help our clients connect, engage and evolve.

OUR MISSION

It's simple - we want to deliver great events. We offer a full range of event management services for a wide range of clients. We provide honest and creative advice for our clients ensuring that our full range of services are tailored for you.

We’re team players, passionate and talented experts who deliver exceptional results. We pride ourselves on offering a personalised service with one dedicated team. This tailored approach, along with our flexibility of in-person, hybrid and online services has allowed us to build strong relationships with our clients across the UK.

OUR TEAM

Neil Micklethwaite

Neil is the non-executive Chairman of BA Events. Neil is a dedicated and dynamic professional, combining strong leadership skills, business acumen, with extensive experience gained from working in senior commercial, business development, customer service and financial environments.

Luke Bodin

Luke is a young entrepreneur who co-founded BA Events in December 2016. He is the Managing Director of the business who is responsible for delivering great events for our clients.

His favourite quote is “whatever it takes” from the Avengers film and he is still trying to get over the death of Iron Man. He loves travelling, sport and food.

Ian Walters

Ian is an experienced Director with a history of working in the UK railway industry. In addition to his support to BA Events, Ian is the co-founder and Managing Director of SLC Rail. A qualified accountant and finance director by background.

He adopts a ‘tell it as it is’ philosophy in everything he does, and is driven, enthused by work, family life and Watford Football Club.
Ian became a Director of BA Events in November 2017.

Ben Dalton

Ben is our Project Leader at BA Events. He is involved in making events happen – ensuring your event exceeds your expectations. Before joining BA Events, Ben was a Director of E3i and worked as a branch manager at RBS.

In his free time Ben is a radio DJ, actor and enjoys spending time with his family.

Mike Travers

Mike is our videographer who has years of experience working on documentaries, with video production companies and making films.

Libby Dale

Libby is our Graphic Designer who has experience in delivering high quality digital and print assets for a diversity of creative projects.

Tara Walsh Head of Grand Railway Collaboration

I have to say, every step of the way, they’ve been with me. All of the support from the media, the creation, making sure our agenda was flowing, on-day support, running the event. I feel like I’ve had so much support from the beginning to the end of the event which has just been amazing.

Rachel Evans Stakeholder Engagement Manager (Interim) - West Midlands Rail Executive

We commissioned BA Events because from the outset they got fully immersed into understanding what the GRC wanted to achieve from this event. They demonstrated professionalism and commitment at every stage to maximise benefits and outcomes for both the GRC and event stakeholders. BA Events were pivotal to making the event a very successful GRC launch and the proof was in the electric and positive atmosphere on the day. The after event care by BA Events was also brilliant.

Sam Uren Engineering Director - SLC Rail

We’ve worked with BA Events for many years and we’re always impressed with Luke’s creativity, enthusiasm and drive. 2020 was a difficult year where we had to adapt our organisation quickly to remote working and introduce new digital tools and technologies. What has made this easier for us was working with a company like BA Events, who consistently came up with ideas to increase employee engagement and has made it possible for us to run our events schedule online. Luke has enabled us to keep the SLC culture alive and stay connected with each other.

Louise Collins Director - Transport Focus

BA Events injected fresh, creative thinking to the design of these workshops which was just what we wanted. They worked closely and collaboratively with us on the planning stages to ensure everything went smoothly. We were particularly impressed by the professional facilitation of the events which put delegates at ease to get the best contribution from them. Overall, working with BA Events helped us to make these workshops a real success.

Joanna Buckley Community Manager

I reached out to BA as I initially required AV support for a stakeholder conference but after meeting Luke and his team, I felt complete confidence to hand the management of the event over to the team. They took care of everything from venue sourcing to sending out the invites, managing RSVPs, being on hand on the day to support with the meet and greets, hosting, and so much more! Working with BA was a pleasure, I felt I was working with close colleagues, not representatives from an external company. The pace of organising the event was fast paced yet felt relaxed. The service I received from all the team working on my event was outstanding and I would 100% recommend their service to others who are looking for a company that will deliver results for you.

Sam Uren Engineering Director - SLC Rail

BA Events are unique, inventive and dynamic. They provided SLC Rail with an Away Day with a difference. Staff feedback was exceptional. Thank you BA Events.

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