Festicket Appoints New Chairman And Senior Advisor

Festicket has appointed former lastminute.com CEO Ian McCaig as its new chairman of the board, and iconic concert producer and promoter Harvey Goldsmith CBE as senior advisor to the company.

McCaig joined lastminute.com in 2003 when it was still a public company. He was appointed CEO in 2006 following the sale of lastminute.com to Sabre Corporation for $1.1 billion, and led the development of the business for a further five years. McCaig subsequently became CEO at energy company First Utility, growing the company to some 1 million customers and £1 billion revenue before the business was sold to Shell at the end of 2017.

McCaig also sits on the boards of African solar company M-Kopa Ltd, equity crowdfunding company Seedrs, the British Tourist Authority and English Heritage. 

Harvey Goldsmith CBE, who joins Festicket as senior advisor, is a visionary producer and promoter of rock concerts, charity events and television broadcasts, with achievements in the industry stretching back over more than 50 years. He has produced, managed and promoted shows with most of the world’s major artists and was responsible for the two largest live music events in the world so far: Live Aid and Live 8. 

Goldsmith has received numerous awards including a CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List in 1996 and the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres from the French Minister of Culture in 2006. In July 2012, Goldsmoth received an Honorary Doctorate of Arts from the University of Brighton.

Zack Sabban, Festicket CEO & co-founder, commented: “We’re so happy to welcome both Ian and Harvey to the company.  Having admired their careers from afar for some time, to be able to have them join the Festicket family at this exciting time and help accelerate us to the next level in our development is something we’re very pleased to have been able to make happen.”