On The Move: Drew Wilson Named CFO of PRG, Sara Providence Becomes SeatGeek's First Chief Business Officer

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Drew Wilson has been appointed CFO of PRG, the live-event production company, effective immediately. He most recently served as COO and CFO of SoundCloud, where he led a turnaround that produced the platform's first cash-flow-positive year, and he previously held finance leadership roles at Discovery, First Look Media, DreamWorks-Awesomeness and RLJ Entertainment. Wilson reports to CEO Lawrence Burian and succeeds interim CFO Dan Mollicone, who moves to EVP, Corporate Strategy.

Sara Providence has been promoted to Chief Business Officer at SeatGeek, a newly created position. She joined the ticketing company in 2023 and most recently served as Vice President, after earlier time as Chief of Staff and a stint at McKinsey. In the new role she oversees strategy, business development and corporate communications, with a focus on growth in ticketing and adjacent businesses.

Joe Giordano Jr. has joined Harris Blitzer Sports & Entertainment as SVP of Entertainment Booking. He handles bookings for Prudential Center in Newark and Loew's Jersey Theatre in Jersey City, and supports programming at other HBSE venues. Giordano comes from Oak View Group, where he was VP of Stadium, Arena and Theater Alliances, and earlier spent nearly a decade at ASM Global and served as assistant general manager of BOK Center in Tulsa.

Greg Diamond has been promoted to VP of Artist & Label Relations at Vydia, where he works with more than 250 artist and label partners across rock, metal, pop and country. Recent projects include Sueco's album debuting at No. 9 on the Spotify US debut chart and a Skillet EP that landed on three Billboard charts.

Elsewhere in the industry…

• Abby Miller has joined Borchetta Entertainment Group as Head of Artist Development. She was previously an A&R manager at Black River Entertainment and ran her own consulting business.

• Dave Gaydon is the new Live Programming Director at Bristol's forthcoming Aviva Arena, reporting to CEO Andrew Billingham. He was most recently on Live Nation's outdoor promotions team and spent nine years as head of music at The Roundhouse.

• Florian Plakolm has been named Head Promoter at Vienna-based Arcadia Live, taking over from founder Filip Potocki, who stays on as Managing Director. Plakolm has worked at the promoter for nearly five years.

• Vanessa Bakewell has joined BIMM University as Associate Director of Commercial Partnerships after roughly 15 years at Meta, where she built partnerships with labels and music businesses.

• Daniel Hong, formerly head of YG USA, has been announced as COO of Nebula17.

• Brian Pesaturo has been promoted to Head of Label Relations at Apple Music.

• Rishi Sood has launched Arc28 Entertainment, an independent company focused on management, artist development and strategic advisory. He was previously head of business development at Music World Entertainment.

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