Brent has planned and managed hundreds of conferences, consultations and events nationally and abroad.   As a Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) with over twenty five years of experience, he has been internationally recognized with the CMM (Certified Meeting Manager) designation awarded by Meeting Professionals International and l’École Supérieure des Sciences Économiques et Commerciales, one of France's Grandes Écoles. Brent is bilingual (rated as B-B-E) and holds a Secret security clearance.

"Continual professional growth is found helping clients reach their goals through “meetings” whether these take the form of conferences, events or exhibits.  Meetings are true multi-disciplinary and multi-dimensional exercises and we bring creativity, sound strategic and superb tactical expertise to the table.”

Donald served as the Director, Visits, Conferences, and Protocol for the Department of Finance Canada; Executive Head of several Canadian international conference task forces; Secretary Ex-Officio and Co-Chair to federal-provincial Steering Committees and, since 1992, as a private-sector events management consultant.

Throughout his career, he has organized and directed operations and logistics for innumerable national and international events, official visits and ceremonies for Federal, Provincial and foreign governments. In addition to managing the logistics elements he directed core teams (in excess of 900 staff members for the Annual Meetings of the World Bank, IMF, Inter-American and Asian Development Banks); controlled multi-million dollar conference budgets; and provided procedural and protocol advice and services to Heads of State, Canadian and foreign Prime Ministers and Ministers, and senior officials.

Donald was awarded Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal, the Public Service Commission of Canada’s Award of Excellence, and the Canadian International Development Agency’s President’s Award of Excellence for Exemplary Professionalism.

Maya has a diploma in Business Accounting from Algonquin College. During her former job experiences including a major hotel in Canada’s National Capital Area, she honed her strong people, organizational and computer skills. A friendly and lively person, and will satisfy your information and registration needs. Maya is multilingual.

“I enjoy working as a team, because I believe that through teamwork we can achieve anything.”

Sophie is from France, and during her former professional experiences she acquired strong skills in business tourism, working for French public sector organisations, both in France and in the USA.

Sophie holds diplomas in Marketing & Tourism that allow her to consider every new situation with a smile. She is an outgoing dynamic person, and will be able and proficient to satisfy your registration needs.

“I like to go further, approach new ideas and situations with efficiency. But what I like above all - and what my job is a hundred per cent made of: human contacts”.

From Conference Chairs who know what they want to those who don’t know where to start, clients have appreciated Claire’s skills in producing first-class events.  Her attention to detail and commitment to clients, participants, suppliers and speakers alike results in an orchestrated team effort with high return on investment.

For more than six years Claire has applied her flair and the knowledge gained from earning her Certified Meeting Professional designation to Government, Association and University events.  Her specialization has been Academic, Financial and Humanitarian events.  Claire’s previous fourteen year’s experience in Capital Program Management in the Government of Canada was excellent training allowing her to know the importance of and how to adhere to Government policies and procedures in implementing all assignments. Claire holds a Secret security clearance.

“The satisfaction of bringing together a set of ideas along with the client’s vision for the event that culminates in remarks such as - This is exactly what I wanted -  gives me one of the greatest senses of accomplishments.”

Tom has managed airport logistics in Canada and abroad since 1996 for a number of Prime Ministerial, and Ministerial visits, as well as numerous international conferences hosted by Canadian Ministers.  His background in the British military brings a strong sense of order and discipline to the preparations for arrivals and departures.  Tom holds a Secret security clearance. 

“Each conference offers an opportunity to expand my knowledge and skills.  I enjoy developing new contacts with government and airport officials to contribute to the facilitation of arrivals and departures.”

Janice has managed both events and exhibits and also functioned in a creative capacity. She has produced successful product launches and sales meetings, and also written and coached speeches, and produced speaker support multimedia elements.  In the exhibits field, Janice has project managed or theme coordinated national and international exhibits for trade and consumer shows and, World's Fairs.  Janice holds a Secret security clearance.

"One of the things I enjoy most is working with the client to formulate measurable objectives and then trying to exceed those expectations”.

For over sixteen years, Bonnie played an active coordination role for national and international events and workshops hosted by the Government and private sector. From 1996 to 2001, she operated a sole proprietorship that provided project management, writing services and turn-key contracting for event logistics. Experienced in planning; resource deployment; procedure and critical path development; budget, contracting and cost control; documentation; and database design, she holds certificates in human resources, management, accounting, and merchandising. Bonnie is bilingual (C-E-E) and security cleared.

“I enjoy the united teamwork; the meticulous, detailed planning; disciplined, purposeful efforts; and systematic progression required to ensure all elements are addressed, contingencies covered and needless expenditures of funds and energy minimized.”

With over 12 years as an executive in the hospitality industry, Patricia is the consummate client service professional. She has a keen eye for detail, thriving on the fast paced, deadline driven environment.

A relative newcomer to the BMA team, Patricia possesses tremendous business savvy, demonstrating a thorough understanding of event planning and project management.

Patricia is fluently bi-lingual and holds a (pending) secret security clearance.

“My credo and main guiding principle has always been; common sense is not so common”.