Athlete & workforce dining at scale
London 2012, Sochi 2014, Baku 2015, Glasgow 2014, Minsk 2019, Jakarta–Palembang 2018 — multi-thousand-cover dining halls, 24/7 service, multi-cuisine menus and full religious-dietary provision.
Selected Events
A career delivered on the world's biggest stages.
From the London 2012 Athletes' Village dining hall to the FIFA World Cup™ Boston 2026 host-city programme, a selection of the major events Mari has helped shape and deliver.
- 2026
FIFA World Cup
Catering, Cleaning & Waste Consultant · Boston, USA
Engaged by the Boston Host Committee for FIFA World Cup 2026 to advise on catering, cleaning and waste strategy across host-city operations — including the FIFA Fan Festival™ at City Hall Plaza and surrounding venue and hospitality footprints.
1 of 16 host cities · 104 matches across the tournamentSource ↗ - 2024
COP & Government Summits
CCW Strategy & Hospitality Advisory · Middle East
Advisory on catering, cleaning and waste programmes for high-security government summits and climate conferences — protocol-grade hospitality across multiple delegation zones, media centres and bilateral meeting suites.
Heads-of-state delegations · 24/7 operationsSource ↗ - 2022
FIFA World Cup Qatar
Catering & Hospitality Operations · Qatar
Operational leadership across stadium catering and hospitality programmes during the first FIFA World Cup hosted in the Middle East — coordinating chefs, service teams and supply chains across compressed venue clusters.
8 stadia · 1.4M international visitorsSource ↗ - 2020
Expo 2020 Dubai
CCW Operational Leadership · United Arab Emirates
Operational leadership of catering, cleaning and waste streams across the world's largest event since the pandemic — sustaining service standards across a six-month run for visitors from every UN member state.
192 country pavilions · 24M visits over 6 monthsSource ↗ - 2019
Minsk 2019 European Games
EOC Catering Expert — Athletes' Village & Venues · Minsk, Belarus
Appointed by the European Olympic Committees as catering advisor to assess and steer arrangements for the second European Games. Conducted on-site reviews at the CUE Business Center Stolitsa Athletes' Village and competition venues, advising the Minsk 2019 organising committee on athlete and client-group catering and food safety.
4,000 athletes · 15 sportsSource ↗ - 2018
Asian Games — Jakarta & Palembang
Catering Advisory · Indonesia
Catering advisory for the 18th Asian Games — the first multi-city Asian Games — supporting organisers across two host cities and dispersed competition venues.
11,300 athletes · 40 sports across two citiesSource ↗ - 2015
Baku 2015 European Games
Catering Operations — Inaugural European Games · Baku, Azerbaijan
Worked on the inaugural European Games — establishing catering operations and standards for a brand-new continental multi-sport event from a blank sheet.
6,000 athletes · 20 sports · first editionSource ↗ - 2014
Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games
Catering Operations · Sochi, Russia
Catering operations across the Coastal and Mountain Olympic clusters — feeding athletes, officials and workforce in two complete competition zones simultaneously.
2,800 athletes · coastal & mountain clustersSource ↗ - 2014
Glasgow Commonwealth Games
Catering & Hospitality Delivery · Glasgow, UK
Delivery of catering and hospitality programmes for Glasgow 2014 — applying lessons from London 2012 to a Commonwealth-scale multi-sport event.
4,950 athletes · 71 nationsSource ↗ - 2012
London 2012 Olympic & Paralympic Games
Senior Catering Manager — Athletes' Village · London, UK
Senior catering manager at the Athletes' Village main dining hall — the largest peacetime catering operation in British history. Internationally sourced chefs, 24-hour service across five cuisines, and quality held at scale through every minute of the Games.
60,000 meals/day · 1,300 dishes · 204 nationsSource ↗
Threads through the work
Different events. The same disciplines.
Premium & protocol hospitality
FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, Expo 2020 Dubai, government summits — sponsor and rights-holder suites, dignitary catering, bilateral meeting service, head-of-state protocol.
Multi-venue host-city programmes
FIFA World Cup Boston 2026, Expo 2020 Dubai, Asian Games Jakarta–Palembang — coordinating CCW and hospitality across venue clusters, fan zones and city-wide footprints.