Ryan McPartlin
What is your job title?
Event Manager
How long have you worked at Outsourced Events?
I have worked intermittently for OE ever since joining in 2019.
What is one thing you cannot live without?
Mayonnaise, hands down the best condiment going
Where is the best place you have travelled to and why?
Vietnam, I’ve travelled the whole country, end-to-end and I absolutely loved every part of it. Full of culture and the people there are some of the nicest I have ever met.
If you could learn to do anything, what would it be?
Speak as many languages as possible, but if I had to pick just one more, Spanish
When you have 30 minutes of free time, how do you pass the time?
Either binging a boxset or catching up with friends and family
What is your favourite thing about working at Outsourced Events?
Has, and will always be, the people who make up OE! When you have such a great team around you its hard not to love coming in each day.
If you could invite four people to dinner (living or dead) who would you invite?
Ian Fleming, Elton John, Johnny Wilkinson & John Lennon
What was your childhood ambition?
To become a professional rugby player (watch this space!)
What is your most memorable day at Outsourced Events?
Being a manager/project lead on my first ever end-to-end event management. I felt extremely proud to have led the project from start to finish delivering an amazing experience for our client.
If you could do any job, regardless of skills and training, what would it be?
Professional rugby player (never give up on your dreams…) Or a singer if I was not so musically inept!
What are the top three items on your bucket list?
Visit Machu Pichu
Attend a world cup final that England win (rugby or football, I’m not picky)
Take a road trip down Route 66, USA
What would people never guess you do in your role?
I don’t think people would guess that I am part of the OE Sustainability growth team! Having studied environmental business studies at university, I am really pleased to be at a company that is adapting to the issues of climate change and are so open to new ideas/initiatives to make the company more sustainable overall.
If you could witness any historical event, what would you want to see?
The creation of stone henge, seeing who built it and why.
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