Ogden IFC enters joint venture with AEG in Asia Pacific

BRISBANE – Los Angeles-based AEG has acquired an interest in Brisbane-based Ogden IFC and will form a new division to operate arenas, theatres, stadiums, convention and exhibition centres across the Asia Pacific region.



Details of the joint venture were announced today by Ogden IFC Chairman & CEO, Harvey Lister and President and CEO, AEG, Timothy J. Leiweke.



The joint venture, to be known as AEG Ogden, will be led by Ogden IFC chairman and CEO Harvey Lister and Rod Pilbeam, the company’s executive director, who will work in conjunction with Bob Newman, COO of AEG Facilities and other divisions of AEG, including AEG Live.



AEG Ogden’s territory of operations will focus on the Asia region from China through India, including South East Asia; the Western Pacific, including Australia and New Zealand; and the Middle East and North Africa regions. In total, this territory encompasses countries with 64 percent of the world’s population.