15 Years of Delegant
Date: July 8, 2026
Today we celebrate the 15th Anniversary of Delegant. When Angie Major and Adrian Parrott founded Delegant fifteen years ago they wanted to do something different. The two of them were very different. Angie the eternal diplomat, and Adrian quite the opposite. Angie the advocate of “gut feel” whereas Adrian was methodical and analytical. You couldn’t really get two more different people, and that’s what made it special. From the outset the strategy and philosophy was clear. Between the two of them they could pretty much do everything needed, and if they couldn’t then they would learn rapidly. Bootstrapping the company rather than using external loans or investors meant it took time to get to the point of recruiting more staff but that arrived quicker than expected. As the customer base grew as did the size of the Team but growth was managed intelligently. Instead of having “all eggs in one basket” they carefully managed the service offering to allow Delegant to differentiate from other event and association management companies. Having the full range of specialist functions within the Team meant nothing was outsourced and our customers did not need multiple contracts with several providers. We became in effect the “one-stop-shop”. We now have everything from finance to event operations, marketing and social media to membership management, graphic design to website building… and much more. As COVID hit we were well placed to grow. Instead of having to furlough staff, we in fact increased our headcount by 20% through the pandemic. A greater requirement was placed on us by our customers to support their members, delegates, and sponsors. This meant a huge requirement on social media, on graphic design, on member support, and on virtual events. This meant we were busier than ever. This continued out of COVID when in-person events roared back to life. Since COVID our customer base has grown, our Team has grown, and above all the love of what we do has grown. That’s all built around our fantastic and highly skilled Teams and the ethos we regularly share with our customers: “We work with you, not for you”
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