About
Gerry Dawson has been fully immersed in sports events and tourism since 1997, having then joined UK based SPORT FOR TV (L'Evenement Ltd in Ireland) as their Marketing Services Manager for the TOUR DE FRANCE 3-Day cycle race stage visit to Ireland in 1998. He has since worked on multiple, sport and lifestyle event formats including several World Tours, across a variety of planning, logistics, administration and commercial roles.
For more than 20 years Gerry Dawson has been leading or a senior team member in top organisations in the business of sport, working on the delivery of » event bid planning » sponsorship, the planning, sales and activation » innovative sports marketing » event travel planning » event production » international operations and licensing » B2B market research » PR and communications » sports tourism strategy, plus charity-led events.
A serial networker, Dublin born Gerry » is long-time pro-bono Secretary of THE 6PM CLUB, a London based, invitation only, B2B networking group for senior executives in sport, media and entertainment » was co-founder of INIGHT NEWS TV, an EMMY and BAFTA multi-award winning, human rights led, TV producer » as well as enjoying ongoing GUEST LECTURER roles on industry-led, professional courses in Event Management in London, Brighton and Dublin.