We’ve done this before.At scale.
- 7,500
delegates at a five-day symposium in Europe that Bob ran
- £250k+
invested by individual clients in a single event
- 24
years Sue has spent in premium hospitality
- £15m+
in NHS contract value, with Bob as CRO then CEO
- 100
NHS hospitals, roughly, used apps Bob founded
- 50+
people in the agency Bob co-founded and ran
Sue. The doors.
For twenty-four years Sue has sold and looked after premium hospitality at the country’s best sporting and social occasions, with a leading ticketing provider. Many of her clients stayed with her for most of that time.
She knows the venues, the owners and the people behind the scenes. That is why Metis House can put your guests somewhere they could never get into on their own, and why the evening runs the way it should.
Sue’s little black book.
Tap the book to open it. These are the kinds of doors Sue opens for Metis House clients.
Sport
- Racing’s biggest days, from a private box
- International rugby, the best seats in the house
- Grass-court tennis and golf’s great weeks
- Motor racing, regattas and polo
Culture
- Country house opera, hamper packed
- Theatre, with the backstage tour
- Art fairs and flower shows
- The season’s private views
Places
- Country houses and castles, taken over for the night
- Private estates, lakes and gardens
- Libraries and museums after closing
- Private dining rooms and landmark city venues
People
- Venue owners and hospitality directors
- Chefs who cook only for your table
- Performers, hosts and entertainers
- The people behind the scenes who make it happen
Sue opens the doors. Bob brings the buyers. You meet the people who sign.
Bob. The buyers.
Bob has spent thirty years on the selling side of public sector and healthcare technology. He has sold software, hardware and data warehousing systems to governments across Europe, lobbied at government level, built and sold companies, helped launch a mobile phone operating system, and taken a clinical platform to more than twenty NHS trusts.
He knows what it takes to get in front of the people who sign off the spend, because that has been his job. He also knows events at scale: a five-day symposium in Europe for 7,500 delegates, with a multi-million pound budget and clients investing more than £250,000 each to be there.
A five-day symposium in Europe.
The job: bring an industry together for five days, at a scale where the biggest companies would pay to be there.
The result: seven and a half thousand delegates, a budget in the millions, and clients investing more than a quarter of a million pounds each in a single event, because it was where their buyers would be.
What it means for you: your conference is smaller. The disciplines are the same.
What Bob brings to your event.
- Conferences at scaleA five-day symposium in Europe for 7,500 delegates. Nothing about your conference will be new to him.
- How big buyers buyPublic sector software and hardware sold across Europe. He knows how large organisations decide.
- Data you can trustTeradata data warehousing at AT&T NCR. Your buyer data and pipeline report are in good hands.
- Government levelLobbying and policy work at government level. Useful when your buyers are in the public sector.
- Built and soldNHS-backed apps, earning from licensing and data monetisation. He knows what boards want to see.
- LaunchesHelped launch a mobile phone operating system. He knows how to put something new in front of a market.
- On your side of the table£15m+ in NHS contract value as CRO, then CEO. He has been the supplier chasing those meetings.
- Health and pharmaCampaigns and events for NHS England, AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Sanofi.
Thirty years, in short.
- 1995to 1999
AT&T NCR
Director, EMEA Marketing and Business Development, Public Sector. Sold public sector software, hardware and Teradata data warehousing systems across Europe, and led large NHS and government bids.
- 1999to 2007
Early-stage software
Adviser and investor in B2B software, including a recruitment platform sold in a trade sale.
- 2007to 2015
NHS and pharma agency
Joint founder and Managing Director. A team of 50+ running campaigns, stakeholder programmes, policy work and events for NHS England, Public Health England, AstraZeneca, Pfizer and Sanofi, including lobbying at government level.
- 2012to 2016
NHS clinical apps
Founder and Managing Director of two NHS-backed apps, used in around 100 hospitals, earning from NHS licensing and data monetisation. Sold in 2016.
- 2016to now
Fractional executive
Chief Revenue Officer, then Chief Executive, taking a clinical workflow platform to 20+ NHS trusts and £15m+ in contracts. UK launches and leadership roles for health technology companies since.
- 2026
Metis House
Co-founder, with Sue.