Dan Assor, founder of the Dan Assor Show video/podcast, mainly about events, this week interviews Simon Foster. He’s Group CEO and founder of the private equity-funded, B2B group Arc Network, which launched in 2021. He has more than 20 years experience managing B2B business globally including at UBM (now Informa) and Comexposium.
Arc, backed by EagleTree Capital, of New York, has completed a number of acquisitions including financial services publisher Incisive Media, Farmers Guardian information and events, the Netherlands-based Bridge2Food, Fortem UK farming events, and HighQuest agribusiness media and events. The Arc portfolio now boasts 150+ events and content platforms across food, farming, sustainability and financial services and employs 220+ staff in the UK, Netherlands and the US.