As Chief Sales, Marketing and Communications Officer at Expo 2020 Dubai, Sholto was responsible for sharing the mega-event with the world and attracting more than 24 million visitors. 

Expo 2020 was the first World Expo held in the MEASA region and the most significant global gathering to take place since the start of the pandemic. Sholto is now helping continue its legacy by launching Expo City Dubai – a clean, green, innovation-driven district, packed with educational, cultural and entertainment offerings, and host of the United Nation’s COP 28 Summit in 2023. 

Sholto joined Expo 2020 after 12 years as the Chief Marketing Officer of Hays, a global recruitment services firm. Prior to Hays, Sholto was Global Head of Brand and Marketing Communications at the news, publishing and financial information firm, Thomson Reuters.