# Catherine Turner

> Catherine Turner is the founder and CEO of CTL Communications, a global communications and events agency she started in 2009 after the agency employing her ceased trading. Her career began with a freelance event project in Madrid, and her company later grew from a one-person operation into a team of roughly 100 while expanding from live events into campaigns, internal communications, digital work and change activation. In 2025, Conference News named her its Agency Pioneer for her contribution to the events industry.

- **Role:** Founder and CEO at CTL Communications
- **Organizations:** CTL Communications, MJM Creative Services
- **Known for:** Founded CTL Communications in 2009 and grew it from a one-person operation to roughly 100 people., Led CTL as reported revenue more than doubled from £5 million in 2019 to over £13 million in 2024., Won the 2025 Conference News Agency Pioneer Award for her contribution to the events industry.

## Career timeline

- **Early career** — Entered the events industry as a freelancer on a project in Madrid, then moved through several full-time agency roles.
- **2004-2009** — Worked as an executive producer at MJM Creative Services.
- **2009** — Founded CTL Communications after the agency where she worked ceased trading.
- **2020-2021** — Led CTL's pivot toward virtual events and internal communications; an industry award entry reported the team expanded by more than 50% in 2020 and grew more than 25% in 2021.
- **2019-2024** — CTL's reported revenue grew from £5 million to more than £13 million as the business expanded into a full-service communications agency.
- **2025** — Received the Conference News Agency Pioneer Award for 15 years of contribution to the events industry.
- **2025-2026** — Appeared on CTL on AIR to discuss how organisations can improve congress strategy and investment returns.
- **2026** — Served on the Conference News 30underThirty judging panel.

## Achievements

- Founded CTL Communications in 2009 and grew it from a one-person operation to roughly 100 people.
- Led CTL as reported revenue more than doubled from £5 million in 2019 to over £13 million in 2024.
- Won the 2025 Conference News Agency Pioneer Award for her contribution to the events industry.
- Built a leadership team reported as more than 70% female in a 2025 interview; Turner separately wrote that 80% of CTL's leadership was female in March 2025.
- Expanded CTL from its live-events roots into multi-channel campaigns, internal communications, digital work and change activation.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Her LinkedIn activity highlighted CTL's people-first principles for using AI, including human review, transparency, security and professional judgement.
- **2026-09** — She shared CTL's EcoVadis Gold Medal recognition and framed it as a milestone in the company's sustainability work.
- **2026-03** — A CTL feature described how Turner backed employee Teigan Harbour's proposal to create an in-house digital department, which grew to eight people within three and a half years.
- **2026-01** — CTL published its CTL on AIR series page featuring Turner in a discussion about improving congress strategy and investment returns.

## Links

- Website: https://ctlcomms.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/catherine-turner-147343b

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Last updated: 2026-09-22