MIU Team

Chairman - Alan Perry

Alan Perry graduated from University in 1975. After a brief spell working for a publishing company in London, he moved overseas and worked initially in Bahrain and then the USA. In the US he trained and qualified as an air charter pilot operating out of San Francisco, flying a variety of turboprops, floats and twins. In 1982 he returned to the UK and joined the London advertising agency , MSA&L. In November, 1984 he co-founded the maritime industry journal, Port Development International (PDI) and later the PDI Conference and Exhibition group. The company developed over 15 years, through a mixture of organic growth and acquisition, to become the market leader in it's sector and, following a brief earn out period, was sold to Euromoney Plc in 1999. Following a one year break for restrictive covenants, Perry founded MIU Events in April 2000. Here, he returned to his earlier interest in aviation and runs a series of events geared to business aviation issues and is now able to combine his considerable knowledge of event management with his lifelong passion for flying.

In 2007 he was heavily involved in setting up the Air Taxi Association in Europe, a collective of like-minded air taxi businesses and interests. He served in an honorary role as the Managing Director of the association during its inaugural year. In late 2009 he joined with Dagmar Grossmann, CEO of Grossmann Jet Service and founder of CEPA (Central Europe Private Aviation Association), to initiate the CEPA conference, an event dedicated to the consolidation and expansion of private aviation in Central and Eastern Europe. The event will be expanded to include an international business aviation Expo for 2011.

Perry is an experienced and active aviator and has additional business interests on the operations side of the industry and in aircraft sales. He is a big believer in innovation in aviation and has been involved in various ground breaking initiatives and ventures and has also worked on solar powered aircraft. His favourite maxim is, "If you don't ask, you don't get!"

Contact: adp@miuevents.com

Sales Director - Jane Wilson

Jane Wilson has extensive experience in the world of sales, marketing and event organisation. Having started her career in 1994 as an Advertising Sales Executive with the Portsmouth News, she left 3 years later to join Mercator Media Ltd where she worked for 12 years as Sales Executive, Exhibitions Manager and finally Events Director. Jane was asked to join the MIU team in January 2010, her remit as Sales Director being to consolidate and expand MIUs existing portfolio of successful business and general aviation events.

Contact: jw@miuevents.com

Conference Co-ordinator - Marius Bruzas

Marius Bruzas is a Lithuanian National and has 10 years experience in marketing & event management. Before moving to the UK, he led his own event management business with events ranging from corporate parties to international congresses. He has a keen interest in aviation which brought him into contact with MIU Events and he subsequently joinied the team in September 2009. Marius has extensive technical knowledge and co-ordinates the MIU Events, liasing with speakers, delegates, sponsors, exhibitors and suppliers. He is also involved with database management, brand Management and PR.

His motto - "one step ahead!" - works well in helping to bring timely aviation events to the market .

Contact: mb@miuevents.com