Anita Macdonald

Anita Macdonald is Deputy Marketing Manager at Meet Cambridge, with experience spanning higher education, associations, and global tech—giving her a broad view of how events are evolving. She leads the ABPCO’s Managing Dietary Requirements at Events taskforce, where they are working to shift the industry away from last-minute fixes and towards treating dietary needs as a fundamental part of event design. She also contributes to the neurodiversity at events taskforce.

Anita is a strong advocate for equity, diversity and inclusion, with a particular focus on the real-life impact of how events are planned. She’s especially passionate about food and safety at events because when dietary requirements aren’t handled properly, it’s not just a bad experience, it can exclude people or put them at genuine risk. Her approach is practical, honest, and focused on raising standards across the industry.