Meet the Team

Rob Walley

Rob is an experienced events, resilience and readiness professional who has led on a wide range of resilience, training, control room and readiness ranging from exercising each competition venue for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, to leading control rooms for the King’s Coronation, Queen’s Platinum Jubilee, Remembrance Sunday, SailGP Season 1-5, the 35th and 37th America’s Cup events, The Boat Race (2017-).

Hannah Walley

Hannah brings over 15 years of commercial experience within London’s hospitality sector, where she led and supported teams across a wide range of high-profile events and private dining operations. In response to the seismic challenges of 2020, she joined Controlled Events to assist with client communications during a time of significant operational change. Now, five years on, Hannah oversees logistics and operational delivery across the business, ensuring resilience and responsiveness remain at the core of Controlled Events’ services.

David Hay

David first worked with Controlled Events in 2023 on training and exercises. David is a fully qualified and accredited security professional, with over 30 years operational and tactical experience in Counter Terrorist and Major Crime Search, CBRN response, Public Order and Public Safety Operations. David teaches on our Control Room Operations Management course and is used to operating in dynamic and challenging environments with a solid training background, working across a breadth of major events globally including Head of Security for the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.

Alan Tungate

Alan and Rob have worked together on a range of events going back to Borough work in 2006 in Wembley. Alan is a Health & Safety and Crowd Management Consultant with a specialism in the events sector. Alan focuses on planning, command & control, risk assessment and crisis management.

Alan teaches on our Control Room Operations Management course. Alan is an expert in managing crowds, events licensing, safety advisory groups and contingency planning.

Melanie Cook

Melanie and Rob first worked together on the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Melanie is a senior event and project management specialist with nearly 30 years’ experience delivering large-scale events, operational programmes, and business change initiatives.

Melanie has led readiness and delivery for clients elsewhere such as The All England Lawn Tennis Club, ARUP, Arcadis, Heathrow Airport, and Manchester Airport. Melanie has led on operational readiness and documentation development for Controlled Events.

Roger Hooker

Roger and Rob first met at Wembley during the London 2012 Olympics. Roger is an international major events and venue operations leader with nearly three decades of experience delivering world-class sporting, cultural, and entertainment events. He has held senior roles across venue operations, event delivery, and consultancy, combining expertise as an event promoter, venue operator, services provider, and strategic advisor.

Most recently, Roger served as Chief Operations Officer at Excel London, directing operations for a 100,000 m² venue and campus that annually hosts over 400 events and 4 million visitors. Previously, as Global Event Delivery Director for the FIA Formula E World Championship, he oversaw 78 international races across 20 cities, managing all aspects of venue operations, guest experience, and event services.