Andrew Needham

Speaker Andrew Needham is expert in the world of event, conference, conventions, and venues.

In the last 20 years Andrew Needham has established and managed companies across the disciplines of event, hospitality, publishing, consumer research, and social technology as both an entrepreneur and as a corporate leader in blue chip business environments.

Andrew is expert in the world of events as the CEO and founder of HeadBox, the on-line marketplace for inspiring and creative event spaces allowing guests to search, book and pay for venues, all in one place. HeadBox has a huge collection of venues across the world, unlocking value from under-utilised space as well as providing many spaces with an extra revenue stream. His mission is “to bring people and spaces together to make brilliant things happen” and to do for under-utilised business space what Airbnb and Uber have done to other parts of the collaborative and sharing economy. Headbox is now trusted by the world’s greatest brands including Sky, Dentsu, Havas, EDF and many others, who rely on HeadBox to manage their entire Meetings and Events programmes.

With over 10 years of proven expertise the award-winning platform is now supported by a team of event planning experts who have successfully helped major corporate clients deliver over 50,000 events across 6 continents, handling everything from intimate 5-person board meetings to large-scale 5,000+ person conferences. The business employs a growing team of 75, based in London and in Australia. In 2025 Headbox was a double winner at the Business Travel Awards Europe for “Business Travel Technology Innovation Meetings and Events” and “Business Meetings Partner of the Year Meeting and Events”. In 2024, HeadBox won Conference News Agency Award for “Venue-finding Agency of the Year”.