David Vaughton is director of venues for EEF Venues, a group of three AIM-gold accredited conference venues: Broadway House (Westminster); Woodland Grange (Leamington Spa) and Engineers’ House (Bristol). For the last three consecutive years, EEF Venues has been named ‘No 1 Small Group’ in the BDCR Continental’s VenueVerdict Awards, the only industry awards programme based entirely on the voice of customers. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Hospitality and on the executive board of the MIA (Meeting Industry Association).