Raymond Gubbay

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Senior Events Manager
Terry Eldridge
Events Manager
Madeleine Middleton
Events Co-ordinator
Helen Godfrey
Events Assistant
James Rutherford
Head of International Touring
Sergei Selivanov
Senior Project Manager
Christopher Knowles
Music Librarian
Giles Chaundy
Head of Marketing
Andrew Claye
Marketing Manager
Robert Barton
Marketing Manager
Chauntelle Ingarfield
Production and Finance Controller
Jason Cousins
Credit Control
Wahab Parkar
Accounts Assistant / Purchase Ledger
Rajesh Chhanya
PA to Managing Director & Progamme Co-ordinator
Elise Maingot
Office Administrator
Colin Payne
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Raymond GubbayChairman
Raymond Gubbay has been promoting concerts and musical production for over forty years. Born in North-West London, he started presenting concerts in 1966, with three or four singers and a pianist at small halls and theatres around the country, this led onto promoting concerts in London from 1968, first on the South Bank and then the Royal Albert Hall in the early 70s and the Barbican from its opening in 1982. He is widely credited with having greatly helped the Barbican to establish itself at this time.
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Anthony FindlayChief Executive Officer
Anthony has worked in the commercial arts in the UK, Australia and New Zealand, first with Michael Edgley (AUS & NZ) and then with Harvey Goldsmith back in the UK, before joining Raymond Gubbay on a 3 month freelance contract in 1991 to work on presenting the Royal Opera's production of Turandot at Wembley Arena.
This led to a full time role in the events team, followed by the marketing department, and he quickly became involved in all aspects of the business until in 2006 he was appointed Managing Director. Having now been with the Company for 20 years Anthony has been instrumental in developing the profile of the company to embrace an ever widening range of projects.
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Craig HassallChief Operating Officer
Craig joined the team as COO in 2012 and has over twenty years work experience in the arts across a variety of art forms. Having joined us from the English National Ballet where he was Managing Director for 7 years, Craig has also been deputy general manager of Sydney Theatre Company in Australia, marketing manager of Opera Australia and general manager of Bell Shakespeare Company.
Craig was responsible for the management of the cultural programme of the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games where he also managed the image portfolio and special events for Sydney 2000. He is currently Associate Director of the cultural celebrations for the London 2012 Olympic Games.
Craig is currently on the board of LIFT (London International Festival of Theatre), English National Ballet School and C4RD – Centre for Recent Drawing. Previously, he has been on the board of the Glen Street Theatre (Sydney), Company B Belvoir St Theatre (Sydney), and has been chairman of Object – Australian Centre for Craft and Design (Sydney).
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Debra EagersFinance Director
Debra joined the company in 1993 as part of the then very small accounting team. Over the years her team and role has grown with the company’s expansion. As Finance Director, Debra is responsible for all the financial dealings of the company including annual budgets, financial reporting, event forecasting, risk management, and cashflow, and, together with her team for operating the finance department day to day.
Debra has played a key role over many years in developing the accounts systems to accommodate the expansion of the company to what we see today. Additional responsibilities include Company Secretary and ensuring the smooth running of the company, from staff & welfare, to legal and operations.
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Peter SchwenkowNon-Executive Director
Peter is a concert organizer, cultural manager and CEO of DEAG. After studying Communications and Advertising at the Berlin Academy of Arts in 1976, Peter created the Konzertagentur concert concept Veranstaltungs GmbH and acquired exclusive rights to the Berlin Waldbühne (stage in the forest), an enormous amphitheatre in Western Berlin. There he staged open air concerts with the Berlin Philharmonic.
In 1995 Peter founded Deutsche Entertainment AG and was appointed Chairman of the Board of Management. Of the many successful concerts he has organised, those of particular note include the Rolling Stones tour of Germany in 1998 and, later that year, the Modern Talking world tour.
With the creation of separate labels for DEAG Music and joint ventures with Anschutz Entertainment Group and Ticketmaster, DEAG's business has expanded considerably and with this came new opportunities. In 2007 Peter organised Barbara Streisand's first appearance in Berlin, which won him the LEA Live Entertainment Award. He was the recipient of the same award a year earlier, when he staged "The Best Single Event In 2006", the phenomenally successful "Berlin Concert" with Anna Netrebko, Placido Domingo and Rolando Villazon. Peter lives in Berlin with his wife, the journalist Inga Griese and their five children.
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Mark CavellNon-Executive Director
Non-Executive Director and Vice President Finance of Sony Classical International Mark Cavell has worked within the music industry for 20 years, initially working as Financial Controller for Decca Records before moving on to work in an interim spell as F.D. for Philips Classics prior to becoming Deputy Controller for Polygram Classics and Jazz worldwide. This led back to taking up the post in late 1990s as Finance Director of Decca Music Group.
He was also responsible for artist contract negotiations (artists signed included BOND, Russell Watson, Hayley Westenra, Cecilia Bartoli, Andrea Bocelli and Morrissey) as well as securing label licensing deals with Rounder Records and Chrysalis Music amongst others. Cavell has also been responsible, through contacts within the main Hollywood studios, for securing soundtrack rights to films such as "Hairspray", "Sex and the City" and the recent new "Fame" film. Whilst predominantly from a Finance and Business Affairs background his involvement with many crossover artists has led Cavell to Executive Produce several "Classical Crossover" albums including albums from Russell Watson (who has sold over 5 million albums worldwide), Hayley Westenra and Jason Donovan, working closely with producers such as Nick Patrick, Simon Franglen and James McMillan. In September 2009 he joined Sony Music Entertainment as Vice President Finance for Sony Classical International.
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Christian DiekmannCOO & Chief Financial Officer
Christian assumed his new and expanded role of Financial Officer in September 2009. He joined DEAG in 2001 as an Executive Assistant and in 2006 became the Chief Operating and Marketing Officer. With the departure of Ingo Stein in 2009, Christian has widened his role within the company to include the responsibilities of Financial Officer.
Christian studied Business Administration in his home town of Muenster and has since taken a degree in Media Sciences. He has worked with Porsche AG in Product Marketing and Volkswagen in Project Management.
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