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Theron Burraway - CEO of Marcus Evans

The CEO of marcus evans, Theron Burraway, has been working in corporate hospitality for nearly twenty years. Theron started his marcus evans career in 1990 when he served as sales manager for the company’s UK office. The expansion of the North America offices was an initiative spearheaded by Mr. Burraway. Additional information on Theron Burraway can be found by exploring his social profiles and his curriculum vitae.

Theron Burraway on the Web

• Theron Burraway Blog
• Theron Burraway on Naymz
• Theron Burraway on Marcus Evans Homepage
• Theron Burraway on the marcus evans Blog
• Theron Burraway on THG Sports Homepage
• Theron Burraway on THG Sports blog
• Theron Burraway on LinkedIn
• Theron Burraway on Jigsaw
• Theron Burraway on AboutUs.org (this page)
• Theron Burraway on Wordpress
• Watch Theron Burraway's videos on You Tube
• View Theron Burraway's photos on Flickr
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Theron Burraway CV

Education

• 1982 - 87 - Reeds School, Cobham, Surrey
  • ‘O’ levels in English Language, English Literature, Mathematics, Advanced Mathematics, French, History, Geography, Social Sciences, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Economics
  • ‘A’ level in Mathematics, Biology, Business Studies/Economics

Employment Details

• Aug 89 – June 90 - Trainee Manager - Keith Prowse Hospitality Ltd Covered all aspects of the hospitality industry and became an integral part of the coordination of sales and operations within the corporate entertainment division. Marketed and promoted over 25 events, including the Wimbledon Tennis Championships, The British Open Golf, Royal Ascot and corporate executive motivation programs.
  • Responsibilities included generating new accounts and maintaining existing ones such as Morgan Grenfell, Cadburys Schweppes, Smith Corona, Barclays Bank and Reuters. Developed and marketed different incentive and motivational programs directed at company executives.

• June 90 – June 92 - Sales Manager UK - The Hospitality Group Ltd (part of the marcus evans Group)
  • Head hunted by The Hospitality Group as sales manager for all London-based cultural events including The English Festival of Opera & Ballet (Maya Plisetskaya, prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Ballet) and The Royal Festival at the Royal Festival Hall (Montserrat Caballe & Jose Collado with the Royal Philharmonic Opera orchestra).
  • Responsibilities included:
  • Hiring the venues and performers
  • Selling sponsorship at events
  • Designing marketing programs for tickets to both corporate clients and the general public
  • Assisting with the management of the events* July 92 – Aug 93 - Director of International Corporate Development – The Hospitality Group
  • Setting up operating systems in United States, South America, Far East offices
  • Recruiting over National Accounts representatives and managers and implementing European client relations system into new territories
  • Training sales staff in all aspects of the business
  • Setting up specialized presentation techniques
  • Liaising with Opera houses, orchestras and event coordinators in both the US, Canada and Far East to develop new cultural events
• Aug 93 – Dec 2001 - GM – Asia Pacific – International Communications for Management Group (part of the marcus evans Group)
  • Responsible for opening and managing a new office in Sydney, Australia and later staffing and overseeing offices in Auckland, New Zealand and Johannesburg, South Africa.
  • Responsibility for ensuring that all operations build and maintain sales and profit in line with objectives and criteria set at Group level.
  • Oversee introduction of enhancements and improvements of operating systems and employee training programs linked throughout the region for new and existing staff.
  • Overseeing new office operations in order to generate revenue comparable to other global offices.
  • During this period I was also CEO of international projects, which included opening new offices in Hong Kong, Bermuda, Barbados etc. This also included developing worldwide sales training and procedure guidelines and rolling out their implementation across all global offices.
• Feb 97 – Dec 2001 - General Manager- The Hospitality Group Inc. (Part of marcus evans, Inc.)
  • Responsible for opening and managing a new office network of THG sales offices across the United States.
  • Directed the implementation of the Group’s global strategy.
  • Establishing and overseeing the management of up to 11 offices across the USA, employing over 450 staff.
  • Responsibility for ensuring that all operations build and maintain sales and profit in line with objectives and criteria set at Group level.
  • Oversee introduction of enhancements and improvements of operating systems and employee training programmes linked throughout the region for new and existing staff.
  • Overseeing new office operations in order to generate revenue comparable to other global offices.
• Jan 2002 – Current - CEO – marcus evans Inc.
  • Reporting directly to the Chairman. Current responsibilities include overseeing all operations in the US.
  • Responsible for opening and managing a new office network across the United States. Direct the US implementation of the Group’s global strategy.
  • Establishing and overseeing the management of up to 11 offices across the USA, employing over 565 staff.
  • Responsibility for ensuring that all operations build and maintain sales and profit in line with objectives and criteria set at Group level.
  • Oversee introduction of enhancements and improvements of operating systems and employee training programs linked throughout the region for new and existing staff.
  • Overseeing new office operations in order to generate revenue comparable to other global offices.
  • Overseeing the introduction new products into the North American market including the launching of our television division which will be producing and distributing programs across North America.
  • Developing new markets and establishing new offices in North America.
  • Seeking, managing and developing new and existing business opportunities that create value and new clients to the Group.
  • During this time up until Dec 2007 I was also managing Barbados and Bermuda offices. This role ceased at the end of Dec 2007.
  • Directing and supporting management teams as new offices and opportunities are developed and provide clear focus and winning attitude.

THG Sports

• THG Sports Blog
• marcus evans blog

THG Leadership

• Jon Stromberg is the CEO of North America for THG Sports. Jon became CEO in October 2008. He attended DePauw University where he received a Bachelor’s degree in economics and communications and was a member of the Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity.