UK-born ticketing firm DICE has made 4 government additions to its groups in Europe and the US.
Falko Mortiboys has been named VP Fan Expertise, whereas Ali McCloud has been appointed VP Associate Relations.
Antony Jackson has additionally joined the corporate as Head of Growth, Europe, and Leon Sherman is known as Head of Artist Partnerships, UK & Europe.
These new hires “help DICE’s development into new markets and elevate its provide to followers, artists and venues around the globe”, says the corporate.
Mortiboys, who relies in London, was beforehand Director of Knowledge Insights & CRM at Manchester United, and in his new position will increase DICE’s person expertise globally.
As VP of Associate Relations, McCloud will work on rising the corporate’s community of venues, promoters and artists, with a concentrate on constructing long-term relationships with strategic reside leisure companions the world over.
McCloud, who relies in New York, has held senior positions at a number of world ticketing firms, together with Eventbrite, Ticketfly and Ticketmaster.
Jackson, who has joined DICE as Head of European Growth, can be liable for deepening the corporate’s presence in its current European markets, in addition to serving to DICE break into new cities and international locations.
Jackson is San Francisco-based, and beforehand labored micro-mobility firm Spin.
Previous to that, he was liable for rising and increasing Deliveroo’s digital manufacturers idea globally.
To bolster DICE’s European staff, Sherman, Head of Artist Partnerships within the UK & Europe, is tasked with making the platform “indispensable” for artists, says the corporate.
Sherman joins DICE from SoundCloud, the place he was World Editorial Director.
At SoundCloud, Sherman was liable for main the event of programming, while additionally working to spotlight rising expertise and music scenes.
Earlier than that, he was the Head of Advertising at media and pageant group AFROPUNK.
Alongside the brand new hires, DICE shared knowledge with MBW that claims client demand for tickets is “greater than pre-pandemic”, and that tickets are “promoting out sooner than ever on the DICE app.”
Ticket demand was up 56% in London in H2 2021, in comparison with the identical interval in 2019, and the variety of 18-24s shopping for gig and occasion tickets on the DICE platform tripled globally in Jan/Feb this 12 months, in comparison with the identical months in 2019.
“I’m very grateful to be working with such gifted folks at DICE.”
Phil Hutcheon, DICE
Phil Hutcheon, CEO and Founding father of DICE, stated: “I’m very grateful to be working with such gifted folks at DICE and we spend a variety of time ensuring we rent the best folks.
“Ali, Antony, Falko and Leon are nice leaders who I’m assured will play an integral position in supercharging the expansion of our platform.”
DICE made headlines on the finish of 2021 after it acquired the music reside streaming platform, Boiler Room.
The acquisition got here every week after DICE introduced that it had raised $122 million in Sequence C funding.Music Enterprise Worldwide
