AEG Ogden Shuffle Execs Ahead Of Darling Harbour Development

AEG Ogden – one of the Asia Pacific's leading venue managers – has appointed six new executives posts as they prepare for the new International Convention Centre Sydney at Darling Harbour.

The announcement is lead by the appointment of Steve Hevern to a “senior role” in establishing the ICC, for which AEG Ogden won the contract to manage late last year. They'll take control of the venue's operation from 9 December 2013.

Hevern recently oversaw the opening of the Perth Arena as Interim General Manager and will move back to Sydney for the Darling Harbour post. He'll work closely with Director of Convention Centres and ICC Sydney Chief Executive Geoff Donaghy and Director of Design John Kleindienst – who is relocating from Brisbane to Sydney.

As a result, Western Australia venue and events veteran Michael Scott becomes the new General Manager of Perth Arena, working with Hevern for a hand-over for the next six weeks.

Phillip Corr will take up the positions of Business Manager for the pre-opening phase of the ICC and Financial Manager as of December. He is currently based at AEG Ogden's Qatar office as the Director Of Special Projects for the Middle East.

In Brisbane, Peter Loxton will become Group Business Development Manager while Mark Pitman has been appointed Group Business Manager and Financial Controller.

The company is a joint venture between Anschutz Entertainment Group's AEG Facilities and locally based Ogden IFC.

AEG Ogden Director Lister Pilbeam said, “Steve [Hevern] will step up to an even more challenging role at the Sydney Entertainment Centre where he commenced his career in the entertainment industry 23 years ago.”

AEG Ogden is a joint venture between AEG's AEG Facilities and locally based Ogden IFC and manages a multitude of venues around Australia and the Middle East. Their venues featured heavily in the ranking of global ticket sales for 2013's first quarter.