Matt James is an award-winning event planner, author, and owner of Left Field Productions. With 20 years’ experience in corporate, charity, brand experience, and special events, Matt has produced events for celebrities, including Elton John, Sarah Jessica Parker, Stella McCartney, Kevin Spacey, David LaChapelle, John Waters, Elvis Costello and Diana Krall, and a range of brands, corporations, and charity clients, including Canon, Barbie, Montblanc, Chopard, Credit Suisse, Christie's, Selfridges, and The Red Cross.
The winner of 30 industry awards, Matt is often invited to speak at industry events, such as ILEA (International Live Events Associtation) conferences and lectures, International Confex, BNC Event Show, and RSVP; judge awards and competitions, including The Eventice, Corporate Event Association Awards, and Incentive Travel & Meetings Association Awards; and guest lecture at university event-management degree courses.
Prior to founding his own event company, Matt worked for leading Middle East advertising agency Publicis Graphics. He began his event-planning career working on fundraising events for AIDS charity London Lighthouse, before joining the corporate events team at the investment bank Credit Suisse.
Matt is the author of Become an Event Planner: Secrets for Getting Hired from Employers, Recruiters, and Event Professionals. For more information, check out the book here (USA Visitors). UK visitors see here.
Left Field Productions is an award-winning event management, design, and production company with a client portfolio spanning leading brands, charities, and celebrity clients.
Past events include:
For more information see www.leftfield.productions.
Matt is often invited to participate in industry events, initiatives, and educational programs including:
Matt has contributed to both consumer magazines, such as Instyle, Esquire, Sainsbury's Money Matters, and Ocado Life, and trade publications including Conference & Incentive Travel, Event, and his own monthly column, Matt's Planet, in RSVP Magazine.
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