Rob Wilmshurst to lead CTS Eventim’s UK ticketing
The See Tickets CEO is taking on an enhanced role in the group in the wake of the departure of Eventim UK MD Martin Fitzgerald
News By James Hanley | 9 September 2024
See Tickets UK co-founder and CEO Rob Wilmshurst has assumed responsibility for all of CTS Eventim Group’s ticketing activities in the territory.
The company operates in the UK under the See Tickets and Eventim UK brands, having completed its acquisition of Vivendi’s festival and international ticketing businesses – including See – in a €300 million deal earlier this year. The deal, which concluded in June, also included a portfolio of 11 festivals including the UK’s Love Supreme and Kite, plus Garorock in France.
Wilmshurst is taking on the enhanced role at the firm amid the exit of Eventim UK MD Martin Fitzgerald, who is leaving at his own request to devote more time to his personal projects outside of ticketing.
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