Summary
Andy Deighton is an experienced events professional and entrepreneur with a track record of delivering large-scale public and community programmes across the UK, from municipal Christmas markets to regional festival series. He has founded and grown a successful events business, recruiting and managing teams while driving marketing, fundraising and operational logistics that served thousands of attendees. Comfortable liaising with councils, sponsors and regulators, he combines strong commercial acumen with practical skills in health & safety, licensing and budget control. Media-savvy and social-media literate, Andy also pursues creative tech projects (creator of Ljomi, MIDI For Trees and VisionMIDI Live), hinting at an inventive crossover between events and interactive media. Educated in economics and geography, he brings opportunistic, resourceful leadership and a continuous-improvement mindset to complex, stakeholder-heavy programmes.
3 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
BA (hons), Economics & Geography, BA (hons), Economics & Geography at Middlesex University