Manfred Seipt Joins Boutique Agency GLP to Spearhead UK Operations

Vienna-headquartered boutique agency Georg Leitner Productions (GLP) has hired former IMG Artists and Universal Music Group senior manager and consultant Manfred Seipt.

The role:

• As per Pollstar, London-based Seipt will spearhead GLP’s UK operations and be the direct contact for London-based agencies.

• GLP handles artists such as Kool & The Gang, Foreigner, Earth Wind & Fire Experience, Dire Straits Legacy, José Carreras, Gipsy Kings, and more.

Backstory:

• Seipt has spent more than 30 years working across artist management, touring, event production and business development throughout Europe and the Middle East.

• He’s worked with artists including Sting, José Carreras, Anna Netrebko, Nigel Kennedy, Robert Plant, Vangelis, and more.

What they said:

• Georg Leitner, GLP Founder and Chairman: “While Vienna will remain our headquarter, we are proud to have Manfred as a sort of new home-base for GLP in London. He shall ensure that our successful networks especially in the Eastern territories and Central Asia will get noticed and all London-based live music executives have a short-way direct contact to GLP within the UK.”