Senior Operations Manager, Media10, London
Umit
Bozdag
From London to eight countries.
Exhibitions and conferences delivered or supported on four continents, from a base in London.
London and the UK16 events
UK Construction Week London- UK Construction Week Birmingham
Futurebuild
Stone & Surfaces Show
Pure London
Source Fashion
World Travel Market London
Destinations: The Holiday & Travel Show
International Confex
The Meetings Show- LBSLondon Boat Show
London Book Fair
London Fashion Week- TOLTaste of London
- LF&Liverpool Food & Drink Festival
RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2015
I make large exhibitions and conferences run on time, on budget and safely.
I’m Umit — a senior operations manager who has spent 14 years putting on exhibitions and conferences. Since 2012 I’ve worked on 24 shows in 8 countries: from the Türkiye pavilion at World Travel Market to Gastech in Milan, Breakbulk in Rotterdam and Houston, and now UK Construction Week and Futurebuild at ExCeL London.
My job is the practical side of a show — budgets, suppliers, venues, floorplans, health & safety and everything on site — so the organiser’s team can focus on exhibitors and visitors. I also build small digital tools and AI workflows that make the work faster.
- Based
- Islington, London N1
- Current role
- Senior Operations Manager, Media10 (since 2026)
- In live events since
- 2012 — 14 years
- Specialism
- Trade exhibitions & conferences: operations, budgets, suppliers, H&S
- Certifications
- IOSH Safe Management at Live Events · Cisco CCNA
- Education
- Kingston University — Information Systems BSc, Computing HND
- Languages
- English & Turkish, fluent
Everything that has to happen for a show to open on time, on budget and safely.
Show operations, end to end
Venue contracting, build-up, live days and breakdown — often across several shows at once, in London and abroad.
Budgets & suppliers
Operational budgets built with directors and held to the final reconciliation; tendering and negotiating with suppliers worldwide.
Venues, floorplans & compliance
Venue liaison and floorplan compliance with venue and local regulations — ExCeL, Olympia, the NEC, Fiera Milano, Rotterdam Ahoy and more.
Health & safety
IOSH Safe Management at Live Events: risk control, monitoring and safe working on the show floor.
Onsite services & staffing
Catering, cleaning, security, temporary staffing, signage and wayfinding, internet and power.
Sponsorship, features & digital tools
Sponsor deliverables and feature areas built to spec and budget, plus in-house tools and AI workflows that speed up delivery.
Three days on the floor. A year in the diary.
One hall from empty floorplan to doors open, and the workstreams that have to land, in order, to get it there.
Twelve months out, the hall is an empty rectangle and a drawing.
A typical large trade show. The on-site fortnight is drawn wider than scale so build-up, open days and breakdown can be read.
Every show since 2012.
- UK Construction Week LondonExCeL London, London, Media102026
- UK Construction Week BirminghamNEC Birmingham, Birmingham, Media102026
- FuturebuildExCeL London, London, Media102026
- Stone & Surfaces ShowExCeL London, London, Media102026
Gastech 2025Fiera Milano, Milan, dmg events2025
World LNG Summit & Awards 2025Shangri-La Bosphorus, Istanbul, dmg events2025
Bharat Electricity Summit 2025Yashobhoomi (IICC), New Delhi, dmg events2025
Breakbulk EuropeRotterdam Ahoy, Rotterdam, Hyve Group2023 · 2024
Breakbulk AmericasGeorge R. Brown Convention Center, Houston, Texas, Hyve Group2023 · 2024- Pure LondonOlympia London, London, Hyve Group2023 · 2024
- Source FashionOlympia London, London, Hyve Group2023 · 2024
- World Travel Market LondonIn the pressExCeL London, London, Turkish Culture & Information Office2012 — 2022
WTM AfricaIn the pressCape Town International Convention Centre, Cape Town, Turkish Culture & Information Office
Holiday World Show DublinRDS Simmonscourt, Dublin, Turkish Culture & Information Office- Destinations: The Holiday & Travel ShowIn the pressOlympia London, London, Turkish Culture & Information Office
- International ConfexIn the pressLondon, Turkish Culture & Information Office
- The Meetings ShowIn the pressLondon, Turkish Culture & Information Office
- LBSLondon Boat ShowIn the pressExCeL London, London, Turkish Culture & Information Office
- London Book FairIn the pressOlympia London, London, Turkish Culture & Information Office
- London Fashion WeekIn the pressSomerset House, London, Turkish Culture & Information Office
- TOLTaste of LondonIn the pressRegent’s Park, London, Turkish Culture & Information Office
- LF&Liverpool Food & Drink FestivalIn the pressSefton Park, Liverpool, Turkish Culture & Information Office
- RHS Hampton Court Palace Flower Show 2015In the pressHampton Court Palace, London, Turkish Culture & Information Office2015
- TTRTürkiye tourism roadshowsIn the pressHotels and venues across the UK, Ireland & South Africa, Various, Turkish Culture & Information Office
Let’s talk.
Planning a show, hiring, or want to compare notes? WhatsApp is the quickest way to reach me.
hello@umitbozdag.comLinkedInIslington, London N1