The Australian Business Events Association (ABEA) has revealed that Colette Baini been appointed to its Board of Directors, effective immediately.
Baini is the founder and CEO of The Conference Room, and Australia Conferences & Incentives. She is renowned for innovative design of incentive travel, conferences, special events, and destination management across Australia.
In response to member feedback, ABEA recently merged the Supplier Pillar with the WH&S and Risk Management Special Interest Groups, recognising the overlap in their areas of focus. Damien Gaffney has been appointed chair of this combined group.
Further appointments include Dan Morahan as chair of the Queensland Chapter, Hannah Von Bibra as chair of Victoria, and Jessie Rayson who steps into the role of chair for Northern Territory, following her previous position as vice-chair. For the Special Interest Groups, Jessica Zicker will lead Sustainability, Toni McAllister is the chair for Education, Skills & Pathways to Industry, and Andrew Cook, Emerging Leaders.
All chairs lead a team of people and deliver a combination of events, information, resources and networking. The chairs will provide updates on their respective committee initiatives at the upcoming ABEA Conference, December 3-5, 2025 in Melbourne.
