Maria Lacey
What is your job title?
Marketing Manager
How long have you worked at Outsourced Events?
6 months
What is one thing you cannot live without?
My children
Where is the best place you have travelled to and why?
Shanghai, it’s just so vibrant and very different to the countryside I live in
If you could learn to do anything, what would it be?
I would love to learn to fly a plane
When you have 30 minutes of free time, how do you pass the time?
Usually tidying up after my 2 children
What is your favourite thing about working at Outsourced Events?
The people and the overall positivity of the company
If you could invite four people to dinner (living or dead) who would you invite and why?
My Grandad, because I’d love for my children to meet him, Audrey Hepburn, because she is an icon, Walt Disney, to ask him all the Disney questions and Karen Carpenter, I love her music.
What was your childhood ambition?
To be an astronaut
What is your most memorable day at Outsourced Events?
I think it was my first day when I attended the monthly meeting. Everyone was so welcoming and kind
If you could do any job, regardless of skills and training, what would it be?
I’d like to own and run a clothing boutique
What are the top three items on your bucket list?
Visit all of the Disneyland theme parks around the world, stay in the Disneyland Hotel in Paris and swim with dolphins.
What would people never guess you do in your role?
I co-ordinate the company Christmas card design competition
If you could witness any historical event, what would you want to see?
I’d love to have witnessed the moon landings
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