LunchTechnology leadership lunch series
Informal senior conversations over lunch.
Events · Communities · Introductions
Getting the right people together.
Through events, communities, and network introductions.
Nexzus works behind the scenes to help our partners and communities create the right spaces to build relationships.
Inside the room
Networking · Roundtables · Workshops · Meetups
Our team have vast experience:
1000+Events organised
20+Communities built
All formatsMeetups, dinners, conferences, private gatherings
Rooted inHeadhunting, networking and community building
From small recurring gatherings to community and conference style events.
We organise a wide range of formats, from quiet rooms with the right ten people, to larger community moments that bring an ecosystem together.
Recurring
Event series
Recurring lunches, breakfasts, dinners, and invite-led gatherings.
Flagship
One-offs and big events
Meetups, panels, roundtables, half-day events, and conferences.
Ongoing
Communities
Tech communities, specialist interest groups, WhatsApp groups, clubs, small networks.
Who we work with
Organised on behalf of our partners and communities.
We help other people create the rooms, conversations, and communities they want to be known for.
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How we help
From the first guest list to the conversation that happens afterwards.
01
Audience and positioning
We help define who should be in the room and why they would care.
02
Curation and outreach
We use our networks, community experience, and headhunting roots to find and invite the right people.
03
Facilitation and momentum
We help shape the experience, support the conversation, and create follow-up opportunities.
Selected gathering examples
A few rooms we've helped put together.
Each one shaped around a specific audience, theme, and outcome, not a template.
Lunch
BreakfastHR leaders breakfast series
People leaders discussing workplace and leadership challenges.
ClinicFounder clinics
Operators and specialists helping founders with live challenges.
ConferenceTech conferences
Interactive discussion formats for larger events.
DinnerPrivate dinners
Invite-led relationship building around a focused theme.
MeetupCommunity meetups
Larger gatherings for specialist tech communities.
Why Nexzus
Built from networking, not event management.
Our roots are in headhunting and community building. We understand how to identify, approach, and bring the right people together, and we genuinely value the role that networks, introductions, and trusted communities play in building businesses.
Headhunting
Trained eye for the right person.
Community
Years of running real ones.
Introductions
Quiet, deliberate, useful.
The people behind the events
A team built from real experience.
Barry Cranford
CEO
Barry has spent more than 20 years building communities, organising events, and connecting people across the technology industry. Through his work with RecWorks, he has helped organise 1000+ events and built communities reaching more than 10,000 people.
Kristian Melson
COO
Kristian has spent the last 10 years working in and alongside event agencies, helping deliver corporate, community, and charity events for audiences ranging from intimate gatherings to thousands of delegates.
Chelsea Keighley
Chief of Staff
Chelsea has built her career around events, operations, and communities. She works behind the scenes to keep things running smoothly, making sure every detail is covered and every event is delivered to a high standard.
Alongside the core Nexzus team, we work with a trusted group of facilitators, community organisers, event operators, researchers, hosts, designers, and behind-the-scenes support people who help bring gatherings and communities to life.
Depending on the format, scale, and audience, we assemble the right mix of people around each initiative.
Referral Partnerships
Partnering to create the right introductions.
Alongside our events and communities work, we occasionally partner with a small number of organisations to help create introductions, conversations, and commercial opportunities through our networks.
This can involve community activity, events, direct introductions, outreach campaigns, surveys, reports, or other initiatives designed to bring the right people together.
We are highly selective about these partnerships and only work with organisations where we believe there is genuine value for everyone involved.
Final word
Looking to get the right people together?
If you're exploring an event series, private gathering, community, roundtable, or network-led initiative, we're happy to talk.