Mary is the Managing Director of YRD Event Management, a company that she founded 26 years ago.

With a background spanning 40 years in Hotel Management, Event Management and the Management of Not for Profit Associations, Mary has been a member of numerous Hospitality Advisory Boards and is currently the QLD Council Member of the Professional Conference Organisers Association (PCOA).

YRD is at the forefront of the current innovation within the Industry and Mary has helped her clients adapt to the ‘new normal’ of the virtual world of meetings over the last 8 months.