Power 50 - #24: Tim McGregor

BACKGROUND CHECK

After working at Dainty Group for 11 years, Tim McGregor was appointed Managing Director of TEG Live in 2016 after TEG acquired Dainty Group earlier in the year. He had previously held senior positions with the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, the Australian Grand Prix Corporation and Falls Festival. McGregor is also Board Director for Melbourne International Film Festival. 

THE YEAR THAT WAS

As Managing Director of TEG Live, McGregor's role sees him taking charge as promoter of the company's full spectrum of live entertainment that spans across concerts, family events, sport and exhibitions. In 2018, TEG Live – with McGregor at the helm – continued to focus on introducing more varied entertainment content to audiences. Some highlights included global premieres of the Real Madrid World Of Football Exhibition and Mandela My Life: The Official Exhibition (both at Melbourne Museum) as well as the Australian-exclusive stop of Exhibitionism (The Rolling Stones exhibition) in Sydney. 

2018 was also a successful year for live video game competition events, with the Intel Extreme Masters Esports Event (7,500 attendance on each event day) at Qudos Bank Arena and the inaugural Melbourne Esports Open taking over Melbourne Park (15,000 attendance) during the AFL September bye weekend. Recent concert tours such as Keith Urban and The Prodigy clearly prove the company hasn't lost touch when it comes to putting on quality live music events. It was also announced last year that TEG Live and AEG Presents will introduce a new annual country music festival, Country To Country (C2C), which has been running in the UK and Europe since 2013 , to our shores in 2019.