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AEG Germany chief to depart
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 26 November 2010
The boss of live music conglom AEG’s German division will leave the company at the end of the year and will not be replaced. Detlef Kornett, who was previously an MD in AEG’s London office and was involved in their acquisition of the then Millennium Dome, has announced he wants to move on to new challenges. The company will use his departure to instigate a slight rejig that will see each of the German operations Kornett has previously overseen report straight into the firm’s global HQ headed up by Tim Leiweke. AEG’s Berlin office where Kornett is based will continue to operate, however, focusing exclusively on the Berlin O2 complex the outgoing director launched.