Welcoming Yonas Blay, Senior Director of Music and Festivals EMEA

Düsseldorf, 30 August 2024 – vivenu is pleased to announce the appointment of Yonas Blay as the Senior Director of Festivals and Music EMEA. This key addition to the vivenu team underscores the company's commitment to expanding its presence in the festival and music industry across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

With over a decade of experience in the ticketing industry, Yonas Blay brings a wealth of knowledge and expertise to vivenu. Based in London, Yonas will focus on expanding and strengthening vivenu's festival and music business, leveraging his deep industry connections and strategic vision to enhance the company’s market position.

Yonas began his career in ticketing in 2012 as a Business Development Manager at Festicket, where he was soon promoted to Head of Commercial & Partnerships. After Festicket acquired Event Genius, Yonas was appointed to lead their ticketing expansion as the Chief Commercial Officer. Following the acquisition of Lyte, he continued his leadership role as Managing Director for the UK and EU.

Simon Hennes, CEO and Co-founder - vivenu

"Yonas' extensive experience and passion for the music and festival sector make him the perfect fit for this role. We are excited to have him on board and look forward to seeing the positive impact he will undoubtedly make as we continue to grow our footprint in the live entertainment industry."

Yonas Blay, Senior Director of Festival and Music - vivenu

“vivenu has really developed an incredible reputation as an innovative platform that delivers for its clients and it’s fantastic to be part of what I consider the future of ticketing. I am looking forward to doing my part in the company's continued and in doing so, establishing vivenu as THE best in class ticketing solution in the music and festival sector.”

About vivenu

vivenu is the technology leader in global event ticketing offering a flexible and advanced ticketing platform tailored to organizers’ brands, sales, and unique business needs. Leading organizers make the most of their ticketing with vivenu’s full-service support and a platform designed for customization, reliability, and connectivity. Its white-label platform gives organizers worldwide full control over their ticketing experience and customer data, turning ticketing into a key business asset. With offices in Europe and North America, vivenu supports over 700 premier event enterprises in more than 40 countries and is trusted by notable brands like the Grammy Awards, Ikarus Festival, Zurich Flim Festival, Life is Beautiful, ALDA, La Kermesse, FC Schalke, and many more. For more information, please visit www.vivenu.com.