‘Our main focus is the UK and Europe’: TEG boss talks MJR buy
In an exclusive interview, TEG CEO Geoff Jones outlines the Australian company's European strategy with its new subsidiary, the MJR Group
Feature By | 19 September 2019
Geoff Jones, CEO of TEG, has spoken to IQ about the Australian company’s plans for the MJR Group, the UK promoter and venue operator it acquired last month.
The MJR Group promotes more than 2,000 shows annually and owns and operates multiple venues in the UK, while Sydney-based TEG organises more than 200 tours a year through its owned promoters, TEG Dainty and TEG Live, and issues more than 28 million tickets with Ticketek. The merger of the two companies, said Jones at the time, “marks a significant step towards TEG becoming a global live entertainment powerhouse”.
Reflecting on the company’s growth over the past four years, Jones, who has been CEO of TEG (then known as Nine Entertainment), since 2011, says: “Previously, our core was certainly…