REGIONAL SALES MANAGER, LEISURE SECTOR
COMPASS GROUP UK & IRELAND

With over ten years of operational, sales and event marketing experience within iconic venues, David Young is a sales professional with an unrivalled understanding of hospitality, conferencing and events.

As Key account Manager (Corporate) David is now looking after top 100 compass accounts and promoting the venue portfolio where the group cater. Procurement, CSR, marketing, brand awareness and strategic account management all forms part of David’s day to day role and obviously supplying the F&B element of every event.

David’s portfolio extends to over 150 unusual venues serviced by Niche caterers catering companies within the Compass Group portfolio, including Leith’s, Milburns, Payne & Gunter, Levy, FMC, Letherby & Christopher and Nairn’s anywhere and also supports Keith Prowse.

This unsurpassed knowledge and understanding is an invaluable tool to the event industry. David’s consultative approach allows the easy share of best practice and the spread of service excellence. Within Eventia, David’s strengths are the importance of event catering services, catering opportunities and restraints, and the benefits of using unusual venues. With his advice, museums, iconic visitor attractions, cathedrals, stately homes, stadiums, castles and conference centres around the UK, can maximise sales through events ranging from concerts and road shows, to gala dinners and meeting spaces.