{"id":7066,"date":"2025-01-17T12:45:08","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T12:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jbrecruitment.co.uk\/?p=7066"},"modified":"2025-01-17T12:45:08","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T12:45:08","slug":"kelly-comboni-named-ceo-of-clarion-connect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jbrecruitment.co.uk\/kelly-comboni-named-ceo-of-clarion-connect\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelly Comboni Named CEO of Clarion Connect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Clarion Events has promoted <strong>Kelly Comboni<\/strong> to CEO of <strong>Clarion Connect.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Kelly will oversee business networking events and digital platforms. Overseeing brands such as Quartz Network, Consero Events, Connect Events, Eaton Hall, and LeftField Media, which collectively run over 80 summits and forums and facilitate 60,000 business connections annually.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Key Leadership Announcements<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>Comboni reports to North America Chairman Greg Topalian and Global CEO Lisa Hannant. She will lead the division\u2019s business-to-business and consumer event portfolios.<\/p>\n<p>Lisa Hannant praised her <strong>strategic vision<\/strong> and <strong>team-building abilities<\/strong>, highlighting her role in driving innovation and collaboration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKelly\u2019s promotion to CEO of Clarion Connect recognizes her exceptional leadership, strategic vision, and passion for fostering collaboration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHer ability to build high-performing teams and deliver exceptional value has already made an indelible impact across the brands she leads.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am confident Kelly will elevate Clarion Connect to even greater heights, ensuring we remain at the forefront of connection-driven businesses.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kelly\u2019s Vision<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p>She aims to expand Clarion Connect\u2019s global footprint and strengthen its role in creating impactful connections through innovation, problem-solving, and lasting partnerships.<\/p>\n<p>Kelly said: \u201cI\u2019m incredibly excited to step into this role as CEO of Clarion Connect,<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAt its core, this division is about creating opportunities for people and businesses to come together in ways that drive real impact\u2014whether it\u2019s through sparking innovation, solving challenges, or forming partnerships that last.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs we continue to expand our global footprint and refine the way we connect communities, I\u2019m eager to build on our success and deliver even more value for our customers and teams.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Background:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Comboni joined Clarion in 2017 after its acquisition of LeftField Media, where she co-founded popular fan conventions like Anime NYC and Awesome Con.<\/p>\n<p>Clarion Connect looks forward to continued growth under her leadership.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Clarion Events has promoted Kelly Comboni to CEO of Clarion Connect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":7069,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","footnotes":""},"categories":[73],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7066","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jbrecruitment.co.uk\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7066","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jbrecruitment.co.uk\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jbrecruitment.co.uk\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jbrecruitment.co.uk\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jbrecruitment.co.uk\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7066"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jbrecruitment.co.uk\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7070,"href":"https:\/\/www.jbrecruitment.co.uk\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7066\/revisions\/7070"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jbrecruitment.co.uk\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/7069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jbrecruitment.co.uk\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jbrecruitment.co.uk\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jbrecruitment.co.uk\/af-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}