Rajesh Panicker

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About Rajesh Panicker

An influential Exhibition and Event Manager, trustful collaborator, forward-thinker, and strategist -these are just a few titles ascribed to me during my 15+ years of progressive managerial experience in guiding companies' commercial development and ensuring their events and exhibitions' success. I am a motivated and multifaceted professional with a comprehensive and diverse background in Exhibitions, Strategic Planning, Change Management, Event Sales, Digital Transformation, and Overall Event Management. Over the years, I constantly leveraged event management best practices, efficiently managed events and exhibitions for the DMG Events, Dubai World Trade Center, International Fairs and Promotions and established highly effective procedures and policies that increased revenues and the operational workflow. My success is driven by my ability to spearhead and develop Exhibitions and Events, Sales strategy, Sponsorships management, Venue management, media planning, creating highly effective strategies among stakeholders, and providing solutions from concept to implementation that ensure compliance with best practices, boost efficiency, and increase revenue while driving substantial gains to the event bottom line. Current professional focal points include Business Strategies Development | Operations Management | Event Planning | Sales & Sponsorships | Full P&L Responsibility | Innovation Management | Performance Management | Data Analytics | Succession Planning | Client Retention | Media and Marketing. Delivering superior administration in the latter areas of expertise requires using practical communication skills, negotiation skills, business acumen, and resource management to support efficiency and maximum returns. The result? Assumed full P&L responsibilities for events ranging from AED 12M to AED 35M; developed business plans for event launching and optimization of the existing ones, which led to strategic decision-making by the executive management team. Thrived as show lead for Abu Dhabi Global Healthcare week 2024, GITEX Shopper 2016 – 2019 and Dubai International Motor Show in 2017 and 2019; delivered a significant impact on business and event development by applying strategic design thinking and organizational skills. Successfully launched shows like Abu Dhabi Global Healthcare Week, Dubai Food Carnival, GITEX Shopper Spring & Dubai Music Week while accelerating and maintaining partnerships with key industry stakeholders, thus gaining over AED 8M in sponsorships yearly.