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Of the grand order of folio leviathans, the Sperm Whale and the Right Whale are by far the most noteworthy. They are the only whales regularly hunted by man. To the Nantucketer, they present the two extremes of all the known varieties of the whale. As the external difference between them is mainly observable in their heads; and as a head of each is this moment hanging from the Pequod's side.

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A view from business on the future of events

June 21, 2021
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Posted by Trevor Connell

At the recent National Events Alliance Meetup at Sydney Showground Gayle Dickerson shared insights into how business sees events coming back.

ASE spoke to Gale about some of those issues

About Gayle Dickerson

Partner – Restructuring Services, KPMG

Board Member – Turnaround Management Association (TMA) 

Gayle has over 20 years of experience in both the UK and Australia in corporate turnaround, insolvency, restructuring and turnaround advisory. Gayle is engaged by a range of stakeholders, including boards, business owners, government agencies, lenders, private equity, employees and shareholders. She is typically brought into a situation where it ‘isn’t business as usual’ to help navigate complexity at speed. 

Depending on the economic cycle Gayle’s experience has spanned a range of industries including retail and consumer products, hospitality, real estate, financial services, mining services and manufacturing. 

Gayle is a registered insolvency practitioner in Australia and a Board member of the Turnaround Management Association (TMA).

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Trevor Connell
Trevor came to the events industry in the early eighties from a background in theatre and photography. He has experience as an Event Manager, Technical Director and Lighting Designer and has worked on events as diverse as corporate functions and the Sydney Royal Easter Show and the Sydney Olympics Closing Night Harbour Spectacular.

Trevor was a founding member of the Australian chapter of the International Special Events Society (ISES) and served on the chapter executive for six years.

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