After many years of experience in conference and event management, Nicola set up Hg3 Conferences Ltd in 2009 and has continued to successfully provide conference and event management solutions to a wide range of clients.

In her earlier working years, Nicola was employed by a charitable organisation as part of their in-house conference team delivering an annual conference and many other events throughout the year.

Prior to setting up Hg3 Conferences, Nicola worked for a well established conference agency managing an events team and ensuring the successful delivery of many events a year for a number of clients, performing on budget and to tight deadlines.

After graduating from Manchester with a retail marketing degree, Charlotte joined a large UK supermarket as a buyer, involving plenty of worldwide travel visiting suppliers. Recently married Charlotte decided to join Hg3 Conferences as a lifestyle choice to enable her to work closer to her family home.

Charlotte is a great asset to the company as she brings her wealth of experience and skills with her to continue the success of Hg3 Conferences. With a buying background she brings a keen eye for detail and a can do attitude. A keen enthusiast of sustainability, Charlotte is always questioning how we work as a business and what we can offer our clients.

In Charlotte’s spare time she likes to spend time planning holidays, is a keen countryside walker and enjoys socialising with friends.

Ellie has a diploma in business admin and an extended diploma in Aviation Operations. Ellie has gained important skills and experience whilst completing her Duke of Edinburgh, sailing around Europe as crew and travelling to Asia, Australia, and New Zealand. Ellie then went on to working as an estate agent and working at weddings, fuelling her desire to work in events. More recently, in her spare time Ellie has qualified as a Sports Massage Therapist to extend her knowledge.

Ellie is very motivated to achieve deadlines, works well under pressure and thrives on working in a team environment to deliver the very best results and customer service for our clients.

In her spare time, Ellie enjoys playing sport, socialising with friends, and going for long walks in the countryside with her Husband and very energetic Cocker Spaniel.

Neil is responsible for several functions within the business from the onsite event logistics to office facilities management alongside health and safety and human resources including recruitment.

Instrumental in acquiring the current Harrogate office site close to the centre of Harrogate in autumn 2013 and project managing the complete rebuild and refurbishment into the present-day company offices, which have been occupied by the business since 2015.

A university graduate with a keen eye for detail, following 25 years of managerial experience in the transport & distribution industry, Neil provides a valuable support role to the present day Hg3 conference and membership team.

Hg3 Conferences was set up by Neil and Nicola in 2009 at their Harrogate home in the HG3 postcode, hence the business name.

Hobbies include Golf, Skiing, travel, countryside hill walking followed by some nice food and a pint of real ale.

Rob has worked with Hg3 Conferences for 3 years now and enjoys the variety and challenges that the work gives him.

Rob has had a varied career – having originally trained as an actor, he has also worked in Front of House management for venues, worked in Autistic Spectrum Disorder education and also as a graphic designer. Making sure that each client has all of the support they need for a successful event is key to Rob’s role at Hg3, and with an eye for detail and a logical approach to problem solving, he aims to go above and beyond with the events he works on – both on and off site.

When not in the office, Rob enjoys hiking, cryptic crosswords and baking.

Louise has many years of experience working in Finance departments in variety of industries, including for a firm of Actuaries and Pension Consultants in Harrogate for 20 years and a Housing Association in North Leeds, she is now managing the finance and accounts here at Hg3.

She has 2 grown up children and loves to spend time with them as well as with her dog Luna.  Louise loves to walk around the countryside where she lives.  Her other interests outside work include cooking and baking and sharing the results with friends and family.

Aimee is a first-class BA (hons) Events Management graduate from the UK Centre of Events Management. Prior to university she worked for a year in marketing for an estate agent. During her time at university, she gained lots of experience in the events industry at various events, including exhibitions, film festivals and family-fun events. From these experiences and university, Aimee has gained essential skills of time management and organisation. Aimee is always eager to learn new things and improve her skills and knowledge. She is excited to do that at Hg3 Conferences.

In her spare time, Aimee enjoys attending concerts, reading, socialising with friends, and walks in the Yorkshire Dales with her family. Aimee also learns Spanish on Duolingo, after taking Spanish at A-Level.

Jessica recently graduated with a BSc First-Class Honors degree in Psychology and Business Management from Aberystwyth University. During her studies, she gained valuable professional experience through an internship with a consulting company, developing strong organisational and client-facing skills.

Now working as a Conference and Events Coordinator, she brings excellent communication, problem-solving, and project management abilities to every event. Highly motivated and detail-oriented, she thrives in fast-paced environments and enjoys collaborating with teams to deliver seamless experiences.

Outside of work, Jess enjoys reading, exploring parts of the world with her partner and training for half marathons!

Olivia graduated from BA (Hons) Fashion Marketing at Leeds Arts University in 2025. In her final year, Olivia’s main focus in her projects were events. For her final project, she decided to host her own pop-up event in Leeds, managing the whole event lifecycle from planning to execution.

Following this, she decided that she wanted a career in the events industry. Now working as a Conference and Events Coordinator, Olivia brings leadership and teamwork skills, creativity, and a positive attitude.

In her free time, Olivia keeps up with practicing Spanish after taking it as an A-Level, she enjoys going to the gym and surfing in the summer with her family!

Alex has over 21 years of experience working within a large retail supermarket environment, gaining extensive knowledge and experience across a wide range of departments and operational areas. During her career, Alex have spent 10 years specialising in Events, developing strong organisational, planning, customer service, and team management skills. Most recently, Alex has worked as an Operations Manager for the past four years, where she was responsible for overseeing day-to-day operations, leading teams, maintaining high standards, and ensuring an efficient and positive customer experience. Alex’s varied experience has given her a strong understanding of leadership, event management, and the importance of delivering results in a fast-paced environment.

Monty Hardaker joined the company full time in Autumn 2019, originally from Sheffield. Monty’s role is that of zoom meeting co-ordinator and he is a keen advocate of the use of the mute button during zoom calls and will always do his best to catch anyone out, not using this feature correctly.

His preferred office time is the moment he arrives with the anticipation of meeting his best mate Reggie.

A real hard worker and always eager to work overtime, persuasion is usually called for at the end of each working day to get him to leave the office in a timely manner.

Reggie Turpin hails from Shropshire and is loving his new home town of Harrogate, whilst the offices are ideally located close to Harrogate town centre, the very nature of Harrogate with the famous Stray provides plenty of wide open spaces within easy reach for him to stretch his long legs.

Reggie has a keen interest in both the security and logistics for the business, working full time and with a height advantage he is the early warning mechanism for the morning postman and all parcel deliveries.

He really does love to tease Monty with his superior agility, but does suffer from FOMO, the fear of missing out and will take every opportunity to hotdesk around the office the very moment Monty moves.