“An independent advisor, mentor and consultant with over forty years of experience within the international ticketing and live entertainment sectors including Artist Management, Record Labels, Event Promotions, Venue Operations & Ticketing.

He’s had some varied jobs, including GM Brixton Academy; Group Operations Manager, McKenzie Group (now Academy Music Group); Co-Founder, TicketWeb (UK); VP European Development,
Ticketmaster; SVP International Corporate Development, Live Nation Entertainment.

Currently Chair of Advisors to the Ticketing Business Forum (UK & Asia), and the Executive Editor for the International Ticketing Report, published by IQ Magazine / ILMC.

Together with Chris Carey co-author several UK live music industry studies for LIVE (Live Music Industry, Venues & Entertainment) including, Valuing Live Entertainment (July 2020), UK Live Music: At A Cliff Edge (October 2020), Valuing Live Music 2021 (November 2022), and Valuing Live Music 2022.”