Specialisation
& Scale
Executive Summary
John Rishton, Chair
“Informa really fired on all cylinders during 2023; fantastic to see after the challenges the company had to manage in prior years.”
Stephen A. Carter, Group Chief Executive
“Informa is a growth business, and creating accelerated growth through building scale in our chosen specialist markets has long been our focus.”
2023 Highlights
In 2023, we went deeper into specialist markets, built further scale and created strong growth.
Every day, at an Informa event somewhere in the world, we champion specialists, connecting people with knowledge to help them learn more, know more, and do more.
Show staff keep spirits up at CPHI Europe, the world’s largest pharmaceutical ingredients event.
Worlds collide as Kim Kardashian attends SuperReturn International, the world’s largest event for private equity, to discuss her new fund.
Hospitality robots demonstrate their serving capabilities at the National Restaurant Association Show, the premier event for North America’s foodservice industry.
Architects and attendees gather around a miniature city at Cityscape, the annual real estate event for city planners.
An attendee adds the finishing touch to a collaborative mural for talent professionals at the 21st annual HR Summit & Exhibition.
During a session at Cosmoprof Asia, the B2B event dedicated to the beauty industry, hairdressers demonstrate their latest techniques live on stage.
Bricklayers compete for the chance to be crowned The World’s Best Bricklayer at World of Concrete, the annual tradeshow dedicated to the construction industry.
Fashionistas discuss the latest denim trends at MAGIC Miami, the immediates-focused women’s market event for fashion buyers and brands.
The actors who played Frodo, Merry, Pippin and Sam – the original hobbits – reunite on stage at FAN EXPO, 23 years after Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings changed the face of cinema forever.
An attendee gets hands-on with the latest in virtual reality tech at LEAP, the world’s largest technology event, which attracted a record-breaking 172,000 attendees.
CPHI China, the leading pharmaceutical event in the region, opens with a flutter.
Attendees taste an exhibitor’s latest culinary delicacy at FHA Food & Beverage event, which brings together a diverse array of global suppliers and key buyers from Asia and beyond.
Attendees at One Of A Kind, North America’s largest crafts fair, inspect an exhibitor’s beauty wares.
An attendee recycles a name badge and lanyard at Greenbuild & IWBC, the world’s largest event for green building professionals.
Traditional folk band Zazula entertain attendees at MRO Beer, the region’s leading event for information exchange and knowledge sharing for the commercial air transport maintenance, repair and overhaul industry.
Interior designers examine potential decorative materials at the Australian International Furniture Fair.
Female professionals working in the ingredient, food and beverage industry share a moment at the Women’s Networking Breakfast at Fi Global, the largest food and health ingredients event in South America.
Panellists discuss how best to measure ESG across African investments, at SuperReturn Africa.
Group Strategy
Informa’s strategy is to create accelerated growth by building scale in specialist markets and increasing the pace of digitisation throughout our business.
Live events, powered by AI
Data and technology are already enhancing our live events and creating value for customers. But there are many more opportunities we are looking to capture, including benefits from embedding AI more deeply. Here is a snapshot of some of those.
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People & Partnerships
The way we build and maintain relationships with colleagues, customers, investors and business partners is an important source of value and part of what makes Informa distinct.
Sustainability
We embed sustainability into everything we do. Having invested in our sustainability capabilities for nearly a decade, we have well-established programmes and a consistently strong performance.
Financial KPIs
We track financial performance indicators on a consistent basis to measure how well our strategy is being delivered and how we are performing for shareholders and colleagues, among others.
