ATG Entertainment Hires Lori Hotz As North American CEO

EXCLUSIVE: ATG Entertainment, which owns, operates, or programs 64 iconic venues across the UK, the US, and Germany and presents more than 15,000 live performances every year, has hired Lori Hotz to serve as North American CEO and promoted Kristin Caskey to Chief Content Officer, North America.

Hotz joins the company immediately.

Until recently, Hotz was the CEO and founder of Lobus, an asset management platform for visual arts dedicated to building creator equity and making culture investable. Prior to founding Lobus, Hotz led the Post-War and Contemporary Art Department at Christie’s as Global Managing Director. There, she led the $3B division to record sales, and successfully grew the business globally, expanding into new markets in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and Canada. Previously, she held senior positions at Lazard, Barclays Lehman, and JP Morgan Chase.

A thought leader whose insights have advanced breakthrough technologies in the $2 trillion art industry, Hotz has been a speaker and a panel moderator educating investors at Davos, the Vatican, and the Forbes 30/50 Summit in Abu Dhabi on emerging technologies, AI, blockchain, and tokenization.

In a statement, Hotz said, “With its dozens of prestigious venues, track record of award-winning productions, and staff of more than 11,000 outstanding professionals working on two continents, ATG is at the global forefront of excellence, innovation, and growth in live entertainment. I am thrilled and honored to join the extraordinary US team as its CEO, helping to lead the way toward exciting new achievements for our artists, audiences, and shareholders.”

Also today, ATG announced that Caskey, Executive Vice President of Content and Creative, has been promoted to Chief Content Officer, North America. In her role at ATG Entertainment, Caskey leads the producing arm and oversees programming for all North American venues in the portfolio.

Caskey is a multiple Tony Award-winning producer, having produced shows on Broadway, national tours, and in the United Kingdom. Her credits include the upcoming Last Five Years starring Nick Jonas and Adrienne Warren, Appropriate (Tony Award), Gutenberg! The Musical!, Parade (Tony Award), Neil Simon’s Plaza Suite starring Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, David Byrne’s American Utopia (Special Tony Award), Fun Home (Tony Award), The Humans (Tony Award), Red (Tony Award), Legally Blonde (Olivier Award), and Thoroughly Modern Millie (Tony Award).

Caskey is the current Chair of the Broadway League. She serves on the Board of Trustees for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.

Ted Stimpson, Global CEO of ATG Entertainment said of today’s announcements, “I couldn’t be happier with Lori’s appointment. Her passion for the arts and commitment to artists and creators along with her experience in leading and growing organizations makes her the ideal CEO for ATG Entertainment’s U.S. business. I also want to say a heartfelt congratulations to Kristin for her well-deserved promotion. Lori’s appointment, along with those of our new VP of HR, Lisa Hauptman; new VP of Ticketing, Mitchell Klein; and new VP of Marketing & Sales, Stephen Santore; completes our U.S. senior leadership team. ATG Entertainment is more committed than ever to the U.S. market and looks forward to the years ahead.”