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Legends Global: Leadership Change
Legends Global appointed Caroline Wright as Executive Vice President, North American Venues. Wright brings 30+ years of sports/entertainment leadership, most recently as SVP & Chief Venues Officer at Tepper Sports & Entertainment where she managed $650M+ stadium renovations.
Source: Billboard
The leadership read
Leadership transitions often precede broader the sector bench-strengthening over the next two quarters.
“Harvey is never short on stories, and he is held in the highest regard around the world in the live entertainment industry.”
“We really are in the 'goosebumps' industry”
Market context: Against a Talent Market Index of 107.2 (Hot) (down 1.8 month-on-month), EMEA is at easing (-6.4pts) on signal share.
Legends Global: 4 signals in the last 90 days; 0.3% of MitchelLake's Asia signal flow; 4 tracked across 48 days.
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