Meet Our Team

Jan began her hospitality experience in her teenage years along the seaside in the west of Ireland working in a family-owned hotel established by her Grandparents, before moving to Dublin to study the industry. Jan graduated with honours from Cathal Brugha St TU Dublin with her BSC Hospitality Management degree before gaining experience in the luxury 5 star Howard Hotel in Edinburgh, and the O’Callaghan Collection back in Dublin. Jan joined the team at the Conference & Events Venue at The Mansion House in January 2015 as Business Development Manager. She has worked extensively with managing the sales coming into our 2 sister restaurants and now heads up the sales and events team as Director of Business Development for the group. Jan working closely with her Business Development team oversees the business coming into the venue and the teams main aim is attracting new business through proactive sales and building long term client relationships.

Fun Fact

Jan’s twitter tag is “red wine, music and wandering enthusiast” and this sums her up pretty well. She’s happiest when out and about checking out a new restaurant, wandering through markets or at a music gig or festival.

Emer is an accomplished ACCA Accountant with over a decade of experience in the hospitality industry. Emer graduated from DIT with a Bachelor Degree in Business and Management. Emer then went on to continue her ACCA exams with DBS while gaining her practical accountancy knowledge through an array of roles within high profile organisations.

Emer has a proven record of sound financial acumen whilst displaying initiative, diplomacy and well-honed multitasking skills working in a highly dynamic environment.

Emer’s expertise and strong understanding of the Conference & Events Venue have made her a valuable key member of the team.

Fun Fact

Emer is an avid Dublin GAA supporter and during her time off can be found in Croke Park.
When she is not cheering on the Dubs Emer loves to try out new restaurants and bars.

With a decade of experience in the event and hospitality industries Sabrina has a proven track record in developing new value creating opportunities and sustaining existing successful brands and events for clients. Sabrina has worked previously with Event promoter MCD, leading hospitality firm FBD hotels and various event specialists in the North of Ireland. Through her experience Sabrina has developed an in-depth knowledge of traditional and digital marketing strategies, a network of key contacts and strong working relationships with a breadth of key industry leaders. Sabrina has helped clients events by providing personalised marketing support, branding tools and helps to bring their events into the digital age through social media management, e-marketing and videography.

Fun Fact

Sabrina has a love for all things fashion and has a slight addiction to online shopping. Sabrina’s favourite past time is travelling and exploring new places, especially as it gives her an excuse to buy new clothes! When Sabrina’s not off gallivanting she enjoys a glass of Prosecco and reading comics!

Gabor joined the company in 2011 as a  part-time porter for the Round Room and chef in FIRE. Quickly Gabor found his calling and moved to the Roundroom to join the team full time. During his time at The Conference and Events Venue Gabor has been responsible for the set up of over 1100 events!  Thankfully, each event Gabor works is so different from the last so things never get boring.

Fun Fact

Gabor and his lovely wife really like travelling and enjoy sunny destinations. Gabor also enjoys spearfishing, but in 2017  Gabor and his wife welcomed their little son who is their new main and favourite hobby. Gabor enjoys good wines and beers and comes from the town where the famous Hungarian ‘wine of Kings’ the Tokaji Aszú was born.

Mark Trained at the Central School of speech and Drama in London.  He was a technical manager at Sadler’s Wells Theatre for five years and went on to become a lighting designer mainly working in contemporary dance and ballet.
Since 2015 Mark has been the lead lighting designer for High Res Lighting in The Round Room. When he is not in The Round Room he also lights for events, theatre, television and exhibitions. Last year as well as having a great year in the round room he was particularly proud of lighting Inside The GPO for Fishamble Theatre Company, Hamlet for Second Age and Riot for This is Pop Baby.

Fun Fact

Mark is an extremely bad cricketer but he does have all the gear so is occasionally seen trying to play the odd taverners match for Bells Academicals.

Mark has worked in the event industry for over 25 years, he joined the creative team in the Conference and Events venue in 2013. He has worked on every type of event here such as conferences, weddings, parties, award ceremonies all of which require a top class production, where attention to detail is paramount to the success of the event.

He takes a hands-on approach to every event, his priority is client satisfaction, and his team pride themselves on providing the highest standard of production.

Fun Fact

When he is not organising some kind of event, you can find him relaxing with his wife &  four kids, drinking coffee, doing some gardening, minding his bee hives or doing a spot of windsurfing.