Global events, academic publishing, and B2B intelligence platform
Informa operates across events, academic publishing, and digital services at scale—14,000+ employees across 30 countries serving pharma, tech, finance, and natural products sectors. The hiring mix reflects a sales-led, operationally mature organization: 31 open sales roles alongside finance and ops expansion, with active recruitment for commercial leadership and security infrastructure. Current projects target sponsorship revenue growth, delegate acquisition, and geographic expansion (Africa, fintech Americas), signaling a push to deepen existing event franchises while opening new verticals.
Notable leadership hires: Commercial Operations Lead, InfoSec Head, Portfolio Lead
Informa is a publicly traded B2B media and events company headquartered in London and listed on the UK's FTSE 100. The business divides into five main operating segments: Informa Markets (physical and digital trade shows), Informa TechTarget (tech media and research), Informa Connect (digital conferencing), Informa Festivals (consumer events), and Taylor & Francis (academic publishing). The company operates well-known brands across specialized verticals—Black Hat and Enterprise Connect in tech security, Money20/20 in fintech, CPHI in pharma, and Routledge in academic research. Revenue streams include event sponsorships, attendee registration, advertising, and subscription research products.
Informa uses Salesforce for CRM, SAP for ERP, Google Analytics and Ads, Qualtrics for feedback, Alteryx for data transformation, and Office 365. They're adopting Workday for HR/finance consolidation.
Active projects center on sponsorship revenue growth, delegate acquisition for flagship events like Black Hat, geographic expansion (Africa, fintech Americas), and organizational scaling through a unified buying experience transformation.
Other companies in the same industry, closest in size