Live Co. Group Plc
LVCG:LN
Overview
Company Profile
Live Company Group (LVCG) is an aim listed company. Live Company Group (LVCG) plc is a live events and entertainment group. LVCG owns the BRICKLIVETM brand. BRICKLIVE is a global content provider for brick-based events. LVCG formed a new division LCSE in December 2020 which will conceptualise, acquire rights, commercialise and deliver sport, lifestyle and entertainment events.
Classification
Financials
Corporate
Board of Directors
David Ciclitira
Executive Chairman
David holds a LLB law degree from King’s College, London and was called to the Bar as a Barrister in 1980, prior to joining the merchant bank Guinness, Mahon & Co. He was one of the four original shareholders of Europe’s first satellite television station, Satellite Television plc (“SATV”), Europe’s first ever cable and satellite channel, which later became Sky PLC (“Sky”), following the sale of a majority stake in SATV to Rupert Murdoch’s News Corporation in 1983. David remained at Sky as a Deputy Managing Director where he was involved with the day to day running of the television studio, establishing Sky’s own programme production company and setting up Eurosport. David left Sky in 1987 and founded Parallel Media Group, where today he is the Executive Chairman. David is well known in the global sports marketing industry and has been pivotal in taking the European Golf Tour out of Europe and into both the Far East (including introducing the first ever professional golf tournament to China in 1995, with the World Cup of Golf at Mission Hills) and South Africa. In 1998 David created a joint venture with the National Broadcasting Company (“NBC”), one of the largest commercial broadcasting networks in the US, for the formation of the international sports broadcasting arm of NBC, CNBC Sports International. In 2004, Parallel Media successfully sold its share of the joint venture company to NBC. David was also instrumental in introducing the first professional golf tournament to China, the Heineken World Cup of Golf at Mission Hills and launching the Ballentines Championship in Korea for Pernod Riccard in Korea in 2008. In May 2016, David became an investor in Brick Live and is the Chairman and majority shareholder. David is passionate about art and together with his long term partner, Serenella Ciclitira in 2009 established the Global Eye Programme. He is also an Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Art and a director of a number of other private businesses.
Serenella Ciclitira
Non-executive Director
Serenella, also known as Maria Serena Papi, joined the Board of Parallel Media in 2010 and is the long term partner of David Ciclitira. Between 1992 and 2000 Serenella was Group managing Director of the pan-European satellite broadcaster Super Channel (which later became NBC Europe). Since then, she has worked extensively with art galleries and artists around the world. She has an Honours Degree in Art History from Trinity College, Dublin and since 1990 has been an Honorary Fellow at the Royal College of Art in London. With David Ciclitira she founded the Global Eye Programme, which aims to develop the art infrastructure for budding artists in Asia, where events have been held in Korea (2009 to 2012), Indonesia (2011), Hong Kong (2013), Malaysia (2014), Singapore (2015), Thailand (2016) and Vietnam (2017).
Ranjit Murugason
Non-executive Director
Ranjit joined the Board of Parallel Media in 2010. He has a degree in law and history from SOAS, University of London, the only higher education institution in Europe dedicated to the study of Asia, Africa and the Middle East and a masters degree in law from Corpus Christi College, Oxford. Ranjit has over 20 years’ experience in strategic advisory, corporate finance and investment banking and capital markets in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the USA. He is the founder and Managing Director of Urban Strategic established in London in 2003 and currently headquartered in Singapore. Previously Ranjit served as a Managing Director of the investment banking division of ABN Amro, having previously worked in London for both Nomura Securities and UBS. More recently he was a senior advisor to GMR Group, one of India’s largest multinational infrastructure businesses and chief executive officer of the international division with assets under management of over US$5 billion.
Bryan Lawrie
Chief Financial Officer
Bryan started his career in the London office of PKF, heading up the Business Support service team. This followed with a period of providing CFO services on a portfolio basis and then founding CFO Partners in early 2015. Bryan Lawrie is an experienced interim CFO, working with CEO’s and other Board directors advising on both business and financial strategic matters. He converts strategy into an action plan and works with all areas of the business to make it happen. A particular strength is automating finance functions and strengthening internal controls.