Matt Pearce
CEO and co-founder, Talk2 Media & Events
Matt is the CEO and co-founder of Talk2 Media & Events. Talk2 ME is a boutique event organiser that has owned and run a variety of trade and consumer exhibitions throughout Australia. Every year Talk2 ME worked with some of Australia’s best brands as partners on exhibitions that attracted almost 200,000 highly engaged visitors through their doors.
Talk2 ME has organised the Asia Pacific Incentives and Meetings Event (AIME) in since 2019 and during this time the event has grown substantially. In 2025 there were over 675 exhibitors and 650 hosted buyers and a total attendance from the business events industry of 4500.
Prior to launching Talk2 ME, Matt was Managing Director of Diversified Communications in Asia, with offices in Australia, Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore and India. Between these operations, he was responsible for over 60 events annually, including 30 trade and eight consumer shows, and 30 conferences / congresses. Matt was also International Director for Diversified Communications as it looked to expand into new markets.
Matt is a Board Member of the Australian Business Events Association and a Board Member of UFI, the international exhibition association.
Before joining Diversified, Matt held senior positions in other media companies, including newspapers, magazines and television production.