Exhibition organizers Other business event organizers (corporate event agencies, PCOs, conference organizers, 1:1 organizers) Consumer events (theatre production, festivals, concert promoters)

Strategy support for owners and/or operators of event venues. This includes venues for different event types such as exhibitions, conferences, live consumer events and others. Project types include expansion, subvention, and M&A strategy.

Event Related Service Providers

Event services (stand design & construction, exhibition fittings, trussing & rigging, hosts/esses & registration) Event technology: AV and event software (registration, social marketing, matchmaking, event production, event marketing, and virtual events)

Marketing agencies Digital agencies Experiential agencies

Events Ecosystem

Grant Thornton Stax provides industry-leading insights in the events industry given tenured experience, particularly in Europe, and increasingly on a global scale.

Grant Thornton Stax supports every aspect of event transformation, from group and market entry strategy, acquisition search, commercial due diligence, and performance improvement to pricing, digital strategy, and data analytics.

Recent Work

Stax Advises Alaris Equity Partners on Investment in Kubik

Grant Thornton Stax Advises Alaris Equity Partners on its Strategic Investment in Kubik

April 2, 2026

Grant Thornton Stax congratulates Alaris Equity Partners on its recent strategic investment into Kubik, a full-service designer and fabricator for events and exhibits. Read more.

Grant Thornton Stax Provides Sell-side Support to Czarnowski on its Acquisition by Platinum Equity

January 23, 2026

Grant Thornton Stax supported event and live experience provider, Czarnowski, on its recent acquisition by Platinum Equity. Read more about the deal here.

Expertise

Event Organizers
- Exhibition organizers
- Other business event organizers (corporate event agencies, PCOs, conference organizers, 1:1 organizers)
- Consumer events (theatre production, festivals, concert promoters)
Venue Operators

Strategy support for owners and/or operators of event venues. This includes venues for different event types such as exhibitions, conferences, live consumer events and others. Project types include expansion, subvention, and M&A strategy.
Event Related Service Providers
- Event services (stand design & construction, exhibition fittings, trussing & rigging, hosts/esses & registration)
- Event technology: AV and event software (registration, social marketing, matchmaking, event production, event marketing, and virtual events)
Marketing Services
- Marketing agencies
- Digital agencies
- Experiential agencies

Leadership

Florent Jarry

Partner

David Lindsay

Director

Recent Insights

The Investment Case for Experiential Marketing Agencies: Growing Mission Criticality of Live Events

The Investment Case for Experiential Marketing Agencies: The Growing Mission Criticality of Live Events as an Amplifier of Marketing ROI

By David Lindsay • October 15, 2026

Experiential marketing agencies are transforming into strategic partners, and enterprise clients are valuing agencies that create relationships built on trust and operational excellence. Read more.

Grant Thornton Stax Top 20 2025 Commentary: Growth Continues, but the Race is Increasingly Uneven

By Florent Jarry & David Lindsay • September 17, 2026

Grant Thornton Stax has released its annual Top 20 Ranking of Exhibition Organizers. Click here to explore the full list.

How Leading Events Organisers' Ambitions Are Evolving Intelligence: Key Takeaways from Monetising B2B 2026

By Florent Jarry • June 5, 2026

Florent Jarry attended Monetising B2B a conference hosted in London in May 2026. Read his full report on what he learned here.