Paul Gregg
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Paul Gregg has been closely involved with the entertainment industry throughout his career. After leaving his first employment with the ABC cinema chain, he spent time with Southport Council heading up its regional entertainment before founding and successfully building the Apollo Leisure Group into the UK’s largest theatre and venue owner. Mr. Gregg acquired the first Apollo theatre in Oxford in 1980 and subsequently added 22 further theatres including the Manchester Apollo, the Lyceum, the Hammersmith Apollo and the Apollo Victoria (where Starlight Express opened and ran for 16 years). The Apollo Leisure Group was one of the UK’s leading promoters of live entertainment in the 1980s and 1990s and managed the UK and European tours of major artists in association with Barry Clayman Concerts, such as Tom Jones, Michael Jackson and Barbara Streisand. In 1999, Paul sold the Apollo Group to SFX Entertainment Inc., the US promoter and venue operator and became chairman of SFX Europe. SFX was acquired by Clear Channel in 2000.
Mr. Gregg is currently also a director of Ingenious Live VCT 1 plc and Ingenious Live VCT 2 plc, which are also managed by Ingenious Ventures, a division of Ingenious Asset Management Limited, Investment Manager to the Company.