Bringing together Asia's entertainment & eCommerce ecosystems

Simon is Co-Founder and Managing Director of Greater Bay Media Entertainment Limited, a Hong Kong based company focused on delivering world-class large format consumer event experiences.

GBME’s portfolio includes award winning events such as The Grounds at AIA Vitality Park, The Lawn Club, Rosé on the Lawn and Beer with Friends on the Lawn.

Prior to founding GBME, Simon brought Taste of Hong Kong to Central Harborfront in 2016, having previously led the team producing Taste Festivals in Australia (Taste of Sydney, Taste of Melbourne and Taste of Perth).

Simon has worked across a variety of IP driven event projects, including Top Gear Live, MasterChef Live and Margaret River Gourmet Escape.

Simon has worked across the inception, development and deployment of world class event IP across multiple properties and in varied geographies.

Jason C Miller is CEO of Eventim Live Asia, focused on bringing the best live entertainment in the world to Asia.  Eventim Live Asia is a partnership with CTS Eventim, one of the world’s leading providers of ticketing services and live entertainment.  Prior to launching Eventim Live Asia, Miller led all touring activity for Live Nation Entertainment’s Asian and Middle East offices for seven-plus years, as Senior Vice President International & Emerging Markets.  Miller and his team produced 80 percent of the last decade’s highest-grossing Asian tours for Western artists, including Madonna, Bruno Mars, Coldplay, U2, and countless others.  Prior to Live Nation, Miller was an agent at talent agency powerhouse Creative Artists Agency (CAA) and was integral in the career development of such high-profile clients as Beyonce, Stevie Wonder, Kanye West, Jimmy Fallon, and many more.  Miller holds a B.S. from Syracuse University and MBAs from UCLA Anderson School of Management and the National University of Singapore.

Griselda draws on 20 years of experience in charge of the Hospitality Business Unit of the MotoGP World Championship. Her primary responsibilities include creating and implementing the Hospitality Program and VIP Experiences, commercialisation of the packages, sponsorship deals for Hospitality and B2B affairs.

Prior to MotoGP (Dorna Sports) she spent 10 years in the commercialisation of Tourism Destinations. Griselda has a Degree in Marketing, Advertising and Public Relations, a Bachelor’s degree in Humanities, along with Masters in Digital Marketing and an MBA.

Her most recent project is MotoGP VIP Village – The Place to be: the official Corporate Hospitality programme exclusive for the MotoGP World Championship for individual or corporate clients. Its tailor-made packages feature prime locations and race views, superb catering services and an exclusive entertainment programme.

As a former Olympian (1984 Los Angeles) and Asian Games medalist, Jin Teik’s illustrious 32-years professional career spanned both private and public sectors in multiple industries, with residence in USA, China, and Singapore. He is a trusted, people-centric senior leader who specializes in business turnaround, mega project ideation-startup-operations, place making in mixed use developments, data- driven digital transformation, and complex stakeholder management (including public-private-people partnerships).

Between 1999-2019, he led the conceptualisation, launch, operations, & management of Singapore Sports Hub – the world’s largest & most complex PPP (public private partnership) social infrastructure DBFO project across 35 hectares. A pioneer in the mixed use development for a sports entertainment lifestyle city with world class facilities (programming, event services, venue/facility management, retail operations, etc). By end Year 4 2018 & working with a complex network of stakeholders (B2G, B2B, B2C), we delivered 220 events & attracted 3 million attendees/users with a total of 15 million footfall.

Prior to his Sports Hub role, he spent six years as CEO of Sport Singapore where he implemented the national blueprint for Sporting Singapore across 3 thrusts, 6 targets, 40 strategies; thereby delivering national economic returns (GDP contribution) from S$300 million (2000) to S$1 billion (2008) and resulting in Singapore winning: 1) Gold for Sports City Award @International Sports Events Management Awards 2010; 2) Runners-Up for Ultimate Sports City Award @Sport Accord Convention 2010.

Today, Jin Teik operates his own consultancy business, namely in board advisory and strategic business management, after serving as CEO at American Ethane Capital, Singapore Sports Hub, Hyflux China, Singapore Sports Council, and other senior leadership roles in National Starch (Ingredion) and DuPont Company. Presently, he is Regional Managing Director for Ascention Consulting, Asia Pacific’s leading Clean Data experts in Data Management, Strategy, Culture, and Enablement.

Other roles include: Chairman & Non-Executive Director (Approved Technology Solutions, UK), Senior Advisor (Xctuality, ASICS Asia, eSports Players League, Singapore Rowing), and Board Member (Beyond Sport, Republic Polytechnic, Singapore Science Centre, Health Promotion Board).

Jin Teik has an MBA & BSc Chemical Engineering from Brigham Young University, USA. He attended Executive Education classes at Wharton Business School (University of Pennsylvania, USA), Kellogg Business School (Northwestern University, USA), 6th Leaders in Administration Program (Civil Service College, Public Service Division, Singapore), and Advanced Leaders Program-Future China (Business China, Nanyang Business School Singapore.)

Lesley, a Chinese MBA entrepreneur and ACCA qualified accountant, founded the Creative China Initiative over a decade ago. Since then, she has been providing consulting, public relations, marketing, representation, and other services to various music companies and organizations in both China and the UK. Her expertise has helped artists and businesses navigate the complexities of the China market.

Lesley is committed to building productive business relationships and regularly participates in music conventions and showcases such as ILMC, jazzahead!, and MIDEM. During these events, she shares her insights into the Chinese music market and serves as a mentor at various music events, including Music Matters and SXSW.

With a passion for facilitating conversations and collaboration between China and the rest of the world in the music sector, Lesley has conducted numerous cultural exchange programs and regularly shares global music trends and best practices with Chinese music professionals and enthusiasts.

Currently, Lesley serves as the Creative Industry Advisor to the Longgang district of Shenzhen municipality.

Darren is ASM Global’s Executive Director of Kai Tak Sports Park in Hong Kong. Expected to be completed in the second half of 2024, the 28  hectare precinct comprises a 50,000 seat stadium, 10,000 capacity arena, 5,000 seat public sports ground, 66,000 m2 of retail space, and public open spaces. Darren leads the team who will ultimately operate this US$3.8bn project.

Prior to his current role Darren was a consultant for the New South Wales Government, leading the business case for the redevelopment of Stadium Australia (now known as Accor Stadium) in Sydney and prior to that as an operations adviser for the development of Bankwest Stadium in Western Sydney.

Until July 2018 Darren spent nearly five years as Chief Executive of Vbase, manager of Christchurch’s leading venues including Horncastle Arena, AMI Stadium, Hagley Oval, Air Force Museum Wigram, and the Christchurch Town Hall.

Before moving to Vbase Darren spent seven years in Dunedin, firstly working as the Chief Executive of the trust established to masterplan and build Forsyth Barr Stadium in time for Rugby World Cup 2011.  Latterly he was the Chief Executive of Dunedin Venues, operator of the stadium as well as the Dunedin Centre and Town Hall.

Linda Turner has recently been recruited as Head of Ticketing, to head up ticketing and spearhead the delivery of the full ticketing services for Kai Tak Sport Park in Hong Kong.  The precinct comprises a 50,000-seat stadium, 10,000-capacity indoor sports centre, 5,000-seat public sports ground plus retail and open spaces.

Extensive knowledge and many years of experience have been gained as Head of Ticketing and as an International Ticketing Pre-Opening Specialist. Linda has been responsible for delivering all ticketing systems and services as part of the initial start-up team for Coca-Cola Arena in Dubai, Echo Arena, BT Convention Centre, The Auditorium Liverpool, Exhibition Centre Liverpool and the launch of Ticket Quarter ticket agency in UK.

In addition, Linda was an elected director of STAR for 3 years prior to her leaving the UK to take up her new role as Head of Ticketing for Coca-Cola Arena. STAR is the self-regulatory body for the entertainment ticket industry in the UK.

Mr. Joseph Lee has over 35 years of experience in the information technology industry, 16 of which are in the ticketing service business. Mr. Lee has held various management positions at leading ticketing service companies in Hong Kong.

He was the General Manager of Cityline (Hong Kong) Limited and has been the General Manager of HK Ticketing (International) Limited since the beginning of 2022.

In his ticketing career, he has spearheaded the ticketing system implementation and IT operation of URBTIX (the Hong Kong government’s ticketing system), the ticketing service transformation of Cityline, and the online ticketing platform implementation for the leading theme parks in Hong Kong.

Blake has spent his professional career contributing to the sports and entertainment industry, specializing in business development, marketing, and commercialization including spearheading first-time sport and entertainment experiences in numerous territories across APAC and the Middle East.

In 2021, Blake joined Michael Cassel Group with a focus on expanding the company’s touring theatrical productions around the globe and the development of new musical markets. Most recently, Blake led the business development and commercial negotiations for the first-ever international tour of Hamilton and & Juliet in Singapore. Prior to MCG, Blake held the position of Senior Director, Live Events at ONE and served eleven years with Feld Entertainment.

Emil R. Ljesnjanin is a highly accomplished entrepreneur who has demonstrated his ability to succeed in business. After establishing a successful real estate company, he self-funded the development of NFT-TiX, a blockchain-based ticketing platform aimed at solving real-world problems for both event organizers and attendees. Motivated by his past experiences with counterfeit tickets, Emil’s vision was to create a platform that is both secure and transparent, offering instant payouts and automatic collection of royalties from the secondary market. His commitment to innovation and problem-solving led to NFT-TiX being recognized with the Best Innovation Award at the UK Festival Awards.

Michael Hosking, born in Singapore and educated in Portsmouth (UK), founded Midas Promotions in Bahrain in 1978. Having promoted music and sports throughout the Middle east for 15 years, he expanded Midas to Asia and opened offices in Hong Kong, The Philippines and Singapore in 1994.

Midas remains the largest independent promoter in Asia and has included Michael Jackson, Rihanna, Sting, Bruno Mars and Robbie Williams among the artists they have worked with.

The company has grown to become one of the leading international events companies in Asia and the Middle East, with over 40 years of experience promoting international concerts, producing world class corporate events and promoting acts such as Michael Jackson (1996), Taylor Swift (2011), Just Beiber (2011), Sir Elton John (2012) to Kylie Minogue, Westlife, Maroon 5, Jessie J and Avril Lavigne. Corporate events have included working with YouTube Fan Fest (YTFF) as well as the Singapore Rugby Sevens.

In 2007, Midas Promotions launched SINGfest, at the time Singapore’s premier music festival, with shows in 2008 and 2010, which featured some of the biggest international acts from diverse genres, including Jason Mraz, Alicia Keys, Katy Perry, Orianthi, Kanye West, Smashing Pumpkins and 30 Seconds to Mars.

Midas Promotions continues to expand its business in territories it has established and is in an enviable position in the industry promoting the likes of Robbie Williams, Take That, Gypsy Kings, Rod Stewart, A7X, Christina Perri, Joe Bonamassa, Ronan Keating, Diana Krall, Savid Guetta, Russel Peters, Swedish House Mafia, Norah Jones, OneRepublic (2013), Pentatonix, Shane Filan (2014) to The Script (2015). There are many more memorable acts which can be viewed on the Midas Promotions website.

More recently many other artist’s have been added to the list including Charlie Puth (2016) and Selena Gomez (2016). The fourth show with The Script (2018) and Sam Smith (2018). Post covid Midas has again promoted The Script (show no five) as well as Simple Plan around the region.

Midas Promotions continues to manage and book shows for Michael Learns To Rock (MLTR) for all shows outside Europe and US. Recently a multi-city tour throughout Asia and India saw audiences exceeding 100k (in India) and with large numbers throughout their tours.

The company also promotes theatre-based productions and consults on all aspects of the live international entertainment market, offering its expertise in talent procurement, marketing and promotion strategies with local production services.

Midas Promotions currently works with and engages with strategic partners throughout Asia and the Middle East. Hosking currently bases his family in Phuket, Thailand, whilst he spends much of his time travelling and overseeing the Midas business.