Tony Cochrane

Tony Cochrane
Nationality Australian
Occupation Businessman
Title Director of International Events Consulting Pty Ltd
Chairman of Gold Coast Suns
Director of Backstage Australia Pty Ltd

Tony Cochrane is an Australian businessman, best known for event promotion and sports administration.

Event promotion

Cochrane has been involved in event promotion since the 1970s, and has promoted or produced tours for several international and local artists, including The Rolling Stones, Sammy Davis Jr., Placido Domingo and The Main Event Tour featuring John Farnham, Olivia Newton-John and Anthony Warlow.[1][2] Cochrane once spent a week sleeping on Frank Sinatra's floor in order to convince him to return to tour Australia, despite previously vowing he never would.[3]

Cochrane's theatre credits include Grease: The Arena Spectacular and Australian productions of musicals including The Sound of Music, Annie and Hairspray, for which he and his fellow producers won a Tony award.[2]

Sports administration

In 1996, Cochrane and three other investors purchased the promotion rights for the Australian Touring Car Championship from IMG for A$52,000.[4] In 1997, the series was renamed to V8 Supercars, and expanded to be valued at $330 million when a stake of the sport was sold to Archer Capital in 2011.[4] In 2012, Cochrane retired from his role as executive chairman of V8 Supercars.[5] Cochrane was added to the V8 Supercars Hall of Fame in 2012, becoming the first person to be inducted having not raced in the championship.[6]

In March 2014, Cochrane joined the board of the Gold Coast Suns Australian Football League club, and became chairman in March 2016.[7]

References

  1. ↑ White, Dominic (8 March 2014). "Stones set the ball rolling". The Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Superstar producer and entreprenuer Tony Cochrane to address 2016 Venue Industry Congress". Australian Leisure Management. 20 April 2016. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  3. ↑ Phelps, James (22 September 2016). "V8 Supercars founder Tony Cochrane to quit as executive chairman". News.com.au. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  4. 1 2 Phelps, James (18 May 2011). "V8 Supercars boss Tony Cochrane reveals series was purchased for just $52,000 in 1996". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  5. ↑ Bartholomaeus, Stefan (21 September 2012). "Tony Cochrane quits V8 Supercars chairman role". Speedcafe. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  6. ↑ "Winterbottom wins Barry Sheene Medal award". Prime7. 4 December 2012. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
  7. ↑ "Board Members". Gold Coast Suns. Retrieved 19 October 2016.
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