Meet the Senior Team at Global Mobility Executive:
Shaun Griggs
Founder & Managing Director
Shaun is often described as the glue that holds the team at Joseph & Co together. Since being schooled at Europe’s # 1 Centre for Events Management Shaun has delivered over 200 global corporate events spanning over 14 years whilst developing an extensive network of influencers. When he’s not hiking, playing football, practicing Muay Thai or off on one of his motorbike adventures you’ll find him in the kitchen cooking up a storm.
Alex Felstead
Co-Founder & Director
With over a decade in business development and sales, Alex is a commercially driven individual specialising in generating new business and developing market strategy. With a career founded in publishing and business consultancy, Alex has focused almost exclusively in the HR, Global Mobility, and IT sectors. This has enabled him to gain a wealth of experience, market knowledge and an extensive network of contacts. Alex prides himself on understanding what his client’s needs and challenges are and always strives to meet their objectives. As a keen fitness enthusiast and foodie Alex can either be found in the gym, eating mountains of food or by the pool with an ultra-tight pair of shorts on. He’s also a seasoned traveller having visited over 30 countries, he loves experiencing new cultures, meeting new people and sampling the local cuisine.
Mandy Farmer
Director of Strategic Relationships
Mandy is a result driven consultant who is focused on achieving targets and has eleven years’ experience delivering corporate events within the UK and cross Europe. Mandy underpins our bespoke division, delivering qualified appointments & closed-door events for clients, helping them engage and gain new business within enterprise firms. She loves hosting dinner parties, entertaining friends and family and going to the theatre. Barbecues are a must in the summer in the Farmer household, sitting on the decking and watching her Koi Carp.
Soraya Appleby
Senior Consultant & Event Manager
Soraya is our goal orientated, target driven and straight-talking yogi. Her background is in recruitment having worked for a number of high profile agency’s, landing several prestigious awards along the way. Soraya works at lightening pace and is extremely hands on when it comes to event delivery and ensuring our stakeholders are well looked after. Soraya’s passions are animal welfare, looking after the elderly members of her community and keeping fit. She is also currently working towards becoming a yoga instructor.
Sheeba Abraham
International Partnership & Membership Manager
A total people’s person with a penchant for orderliness, Sheeba has many years of diverse experience in HR, Global Mobility and Corporate Relations. Having worked in India, Sheeba has consulted with many Multinational Corporates on global mobility, expat assignments and destination services. She has in-depth knowledge of the Indian market and has an extensive network of contacts. Sheeba now lives in the UK as an expat and is gaining a unique experience of living that life. She is a voracious reader and an avid chef and baker. She is well known amongst family and friends for the lovely intimate gatherings that she hosts at home. She loves to travel, meet new people, experience new cultures and learn about their history.
Charlie Dabney
Head of Operations
With a focus on Global Mobility, HR, and Corporate Events, Charlie’s focus is creating stimulating environments for executives to share challenges and experiences whilst generating new and lasting relationships. She is enthusiastic and self-motivated and loves to learn! Charlie loves the events industry which is the perfect match for her organisational skills and as a mum of 2 boys (three if you include the husband) she’s always on the go.
Charlie enjoys being out in the countryside, climbing trees, playing games and generally finding ways to keep her kids entertained as well as travelling. With a passion for food, Charlie loves experimenting with a variety of cuisines and hosting wine fueled dinner parties with friends and family. This all being said, she always makes space for her precious “me” time.
Jasmine McGuill
Accounts & Events Manager
Jasmine has over 6 years’ experience leading large scale events from conception to execution across the Middle East & United Kingdom. Having worked on large scale conferences, PR events, concerts and publishing events she has certainly earned her stripes during her freelance years.
With a focus on Global HR Executive and Global Mobility Executive, Jasmine will bring her enthusiastic positive outlook on life to all things Account and Event Management related. With her creative flair for events, Jasmine will truly make your whole experience memorable, by building long lasting relationships and making sure all expectations are met. In true events fashion she is very meticulous and nothing is too big nor small to accomplish.
Jasmine was raised in the Middle East and has a real lust for travelling and moving around the world. She has done over 6 international moves in the last 8 years, including a stint in the USA training horses and teaching people how to ride! Outside of the office she has a real love of exploring the mountains of the UAE with her partner in crime Baxter the adventure dog and catching up with friends for cocktails.
