Jones joins from Centaur Media where she was responsible for event content across a wide number of festivals. She will report to Sean Dillon, head of production of Grass Roots Meetings & Events.
Jones said: "Grass Roots has an excellent reputation for delivering innovative, dynamic and thought-provoking solutions to clients. The Meetings & Events division has just had its best-ever trading year and I believe the business has a very exciting future."
Dillon added: "We are delighted to welcome Rachel and she will play an important role in shaping our content development and audience engagement offering going forward."
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