Our Team

We are a team of internationally experienced B2B strategy consultants with an exceptional track record of solving the challenges in our clients.  We take pride in having a diverse team that provide deep experience and knowledge in Europe, America, Middle East an Asia covering diverse B2B sectors.

The MBB-Consulting Group Team

Matthias Tesi Baur

CEO & Founder

Senior exhibition professional with more than 18 years of experience. Before founding MBB-Media, he helped build the businesses of leading exhibition organisers Messe Frankfurt, Reed Exhibitions and UBM holding the roles of Global e-business Director, Portfolio Director and Business Development Director. He is also Chairman of the UFI Digital Innovation Committee.

Paul Dominguez

Digital Strategist

Paul has 20 years of expertise gained across a range of leading B2b and B2c media and events companies, including UBM, Hearst, Ocean Media Group. Having led on a number of key business transformations, he is responsible for creating new revenue streams, delivering turn-around of traditional business models, and growing reach, audience, and lead generation.

Sarah Schwering

Senior Consultant

Sarah has a first class marketing degree and a post graduate diploma from the Chartered Institute of Marketing, UK.
An experienced research, strategy and business development consultant, she worked at the London based consultancy AMR International for 8 years after which she freelanced from India, China and now Germany.

Steffi Yasemin Renique

Senior Consultant

Steffi has a background in business, entrepreneurship, and marketing with a Master’s in Management from the London School of Economics. An experienced digital innovation and information systems consultant, she previously worked at Microsoft and delivered software solutions and digital transformation in the UK, Sweden, Denmark, Cyprus and the Netherlands. She is currently based in London and freelances for projects across EMEA.

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Sandrine Pittaway

Senior Project Manager

Sandrine has a degree in Economics and Finance from the University of Geneva. She has experience in Client facing roles, investment research and project management, having previously worked in Private Banking and Investment Banking division at UBS AG and Lloyds Bank TSB, as well as Thomson Reuters. Sandrine is currently based in London.



MBB-Advisory Partners

Paul Woodward

Chairman, Paul Woodward Advisory

Paul Woodward has been involved in business events for almost 40 years, spending 25 of those based in Asia. He has been working as a consultant to the global trade fair industry since 2000 and served as Managing Director of UFI, the global association of the exhibition industry from 2010 - 2015. He is Chairman of Business Strategies Group in Asia and heads Paul Woodward Advisory, working around the world.

Karen Chupka

Strategist, Brand Builder, Tech Executive

Karen has over 30 years of experience in the exhibition and events industry. She led CES for over 20 years and has launched and run events in various parts of Europe and in China.





Tony Calanca

Principal, Calanca & Associates LLC

Senior exhibition professional with over three decades of experience leading in the exhibition industry, managing domestic and international trade and consumer shows for Reed Exhibitions (RX), Advanstar, UBM and Informa. Most recently, Tony served as Executive VP at Informa Markets.




Dan Londero

Co-Founder, Turnkey Event Solutions Pty Ltd

Dan Londero has worked globally across business and consumer events. Dan is passionate about developing talent, leadership development, building world class sales organisations and organisational and event strategy.



Chris Meyer

CEO of Chris Meyer Global

Senior exhibition professional with a wealth of experience from his former role as Executive Director of the World Trade Center (WTC) Las Vegas.






Andrew Furness

Exhibition Strategy and Sustainability Consultant

Andrew Furness is specialised in sustainability, commercial due diligence and business strategy. Andrew has held a number of senior roles within market leading companies and before becoming a consultant in 2018, he was a Divisional Director at Tarsus Group where he oversaw the management of the Group’s Turkish portfolio.