Clients of Geoff Cotton - Master of Ceremonies, link and anchorman for awards events and exhibition presentations

"Just wanted to thank you once again for last Thursday's AIM dinner. I've had some excellent feedback from internal clients and everyone seemed very happy. Thanks again and hope to work with you again in the future!"

Victoria Ayriss, Event Manager
London Stock Exchange

Dedicated Micros
Presented four different live presentations in rotation on the Dedicated Micros stand at the IFSEC 2009 Exhibition, NEC

ACE (Association of Circulation Executives)
Hosted annual awards evening at Vinopolis; co-wrote script for the event.

Direct Debit
MC for the first annual payments conference in 2007, one of the first corporate events to be held at the new Wembley Stadium. Welcomed the audience, introduced speakers and chaired two panel discussion/Q&A sessions.

Friends of Columbia For Social Aid (FOCSA)
Presented the Special Appeal to raise funds for medical equipment for a hospital in Columbia. Returned to give an update on the Appeal and to highlight donations/pledges.

Motorola
MC/Presentation Coach for North America Sales Conference 2006, San Antonio, Texas.

Amnesty International Arms Control UK
Presented Roadshow in the style of QVC shopping channel presenter.

London Stock Exchange
Hosted the AIM 10th Anniversary Party at the Honourable Artillery Company. Welcomed guests, introduced speakers and presented charity raffle.

Unilever
Hosted a memorial celebration for a Unilever Chairman at the Banqueting House in London.

BlackBerry
Gave hourly presentation in German at Cebit 2004 Exhibition, Hanover. Attracted visitors to stand and introduced them to sales consultants.

Boston Scientific
Hosted the interactive game 'The Stent Strikes Back' at the PCR Exhibition in the Palais des Congres in Paris, working in English and French.

London Stock Exchange
Compere/MC at Charity Dinner at Planit 2000, London. Introduced celebrity guests, ran raffle and linked evening together.

IVCA Millennium Awards
Co-presented the Awards in the Great Room, Grosvenor House Hotel.

UEFA
Presenter/MC for the Champions Village area at the UEFA Champions League Finals in Vienna, Rome and Munich, working in English, French, German and Italian. Wrote his own scripts and interviewed Ryan Giggs and Andy Cole.

Geoff Cotton is a presenter for corporate conferences and event host for live events, award ceremonies and exhibition presentations.

Since 1987, Geoff Cotton has worked extensively as a presenter and speaker in the UK, Europe, North America and Australia/New Zealand.

A former Marketing Manager, his business experience, fluency and knowledge of English, French, German and Italian make him uniquely qualified to work in conferences, seminars and corporate videos.

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"A true professional, Geoff Cotton impressed us with his attention to detail and the time that he put into rehearsing our awards ceremony.

He understood perfectly what we were looking for and delivered more than was expected.

A polished performer, he has a distinctive voice and great charm.

We will definitely use him again for future events and cannot recommend him highly enough"

Linda Freese, Corporate Communications Executive
Arthur Andersen

Alcon
Compered Alcon's pre-RCO Dinner at the ICC Birmingham, 2005.

Welcomed guests, introduced cabaret acts and performed his own song, 'I'm An Old James Bond'.

Unilever Food Solutions
Presented a section of conference DVD as a news reporter.

Arthur Andersen
Presented the 'Arthur' Awards as an American host. Compered a Russian Ball as a Russian Tsar.

Barclays Bank
Hosted/Facilitated MB&A Branding Roadshows in London and Manchester; introduced event, interacted with audience participation and summarized results.

Department of Health
Facilitator at International Establishment Workshop. Welcomed delegates, introduced speakers, chaired Q&A sessions.

Boston Scientific
Presented two major sessions/coached senior speakers/wrote and edited various scripts and slides for European Sales Meeting in Cannes.

Neways International
DVD - `It’s Your Life’ - Presented to camera and voiced the soundtrack.

TT International
As an American lawyer, presented an internal training DVD on prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing.

Personnel Today Awards 2000
'Polished' all speaker and video scripts. Coached speakers and video presenters. Voiced all v/o's live at Grosvenor House.

Unipart Group of Companies
Co-presented an internal video to introduce range of pension options to staff

Enron Broadband Services
Presented company presentation every half-hour at Milia 2000 Exhibition, Cannes. Presentation in English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. ( www.enron.net ).

Tokyo City
Hosted a seminar and promotional evening for Tokyo City Tourism Office to audience of British travel businesses.

Department of Health
Hosted the 'Extending Choice for Patients' Roadshow in Leeds, Birmingham, Liverpool, Epsom, Bristol and Luton.

Introduced speakers, chaired Q & A session, linked segments.

Elateral
Coached Chief Executive for major presentation. ( www.elateral.com ).

1999 Frontier Awards
Compere for the Frontier Awards in Cannes, working in English, French, German and Italian. Welcomed guests, introduced winners and entertainment and gave background to awards.

KLM
Coached a KLM executive for presentation of a corporate video distributed to KLM employees.

TSB Jersey
Coached fellow speakers at the company's annual conference. Wrote his own script and 'polished' those of fellow speakers. Presented the conference and interviewed guests.

BT
Presented the launch video for the BT Payfax.

Trebor Extra Strong Mints
Presented Internet Viral Campaign as American Scientist.

General Motors
Co-hosted the GM Gold Suppliers Awards in London. Coached fellow speakers.

Green Moon PR
Coached three executives in presentation workshop and gave 'Presentations: Trap and Tricks' talk to the entire agency.

Abbott Healthcare
Presented and interviewed doctors for three videos on cardiovascular stability, Sevoflurane inhalational anaesthetic and Hextend.

Perfect Pizza
Lead presenter for the company's annual conference. Interviewed guests. Presented the gala evening.

BPRO
Presented company's training seminars in English and French.

IVCA
Presented the IVCA's Gold Award screenings at Channel 4. Wrote his own script.

United Biscuits
Roleplayed a senior manager for a training video on 360° assessment.

Kentucky Fried Chicken
Presented Health and Safety Video aimed at KFC employees.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Roleplayed a British businessman for a training video and assessment centre.

Congrès Européen de la Qualité
Interviewed company heads and public vox pops for a video shown at the Congrès in Paris.

Guernsey Awards for Achievement
Hosted awards and coached speakers.

Jersey Awards for Enterprise
Hosted awards.

Securicor Cash Services
Hosted annual management conference and ran interactive Q & A session.

Astra Zeneca
Presented Internal Radio Show aimed at AZ R&D scientists (13,000 worldwide). Interviewed guests in UK/US/Sweden. Wrote intros and links for the programme.

London Ambulance Service
Hosted the LAS Awards 2008; announced nominations and read citations; introduced special guests.

Chiswick Park
Compered their Yellow Umbrella Day charity event in 2007 and 2008; announced programme and activities; introduced bands; ran prize draw; introduced special guests

Alstom
MC/Facilitator for the annual Retrofit Conference 2007 in Lisbon. Opened conference, welcomed delegates, introduced speakers and facilitated Q & A sessions.

Pershing
Coached several executives with their presentations for annual client conference 2007 in London

Sally Salon Services Awards
Hosted first Awards for this Group in English and German; introduced guest presenters and entertainment

Coins
Ran presentation coaching workshops for Coins executives to prepare them for annual conference

For more examples of Geoff Cotton's work, please visit his CV page