about us
Meet The Team
We’re a highly collaborative and supportive team, coming together on every project to ensure our clients get the very best result.
Rob McIntosh
Rob's career in entertainment spans some thirty five years.
Upon graduating from the Guildhall School of Music & Drama, Rob worked for the International Yehudi Menuhin Foundation, followed by a successful freelance career in London, working for a number of world-renown orchestras, including the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.
After a career of recording and performing around the world, playing violin in front of queens and presidents alike, he then joined Sarah Brightman's team as her tour manager.
Once again he circled the globe, managing hugely successful tours in some of the most prestigious venues in the world.
Combining all his skills, Rob then started MA Concerts in the UK, producing large scale events around the UK.
In total, he has been involved with over one thousand concerts in the UK and abroad.
In 2014, he joined forces with his business partner, Daniel Goldberg, to expand into the GCC region. Together they have produced concerts in UAE, Oman, Bahrain, Qatar, India & Saudi Arabia.
Daniel Goldberg
As an ex-professional broadcaster from London, Daniel's roots are firmly based in
the entertainment business.
He managed the careers of several acclaimed artists as well as running his own recording label, distribution and publishing companies.
In 2006, using his well-rounded entertainment industry experience, he identified a gap in the Middle East for talent management and event production.
Since then, he has been based in Dubai and has brokered hundreds of talent deals
and toured artists across the region including the first Middle East and India tours for Ed Sheeran, Michael Bublé, Drake and countless others, in turn contributing
majorly to ever-evolving entertainment landscape in the region.
With clients ranging from Meydan, Atlantis The Palm and Dubai Opera, MAC Global has become an industry leader in the field.
Kathryn Watson
Kathryn qualified as a Solicitor in 2009 and worked for 5 years in private practice in
the UK before moving to Dubai and into the arts, joining Dubai Opera at the pre-opening stage.
In her 5 years at Dubai Opera Kathryn worked closely with the Chief Executive in overseeing key stages of the venue’s design and construction, the creation of the strategies and policies for a brand-new cultural enterprise for Dubai and securing a world-class musical, theatrical and event line-up to perform throughout the year.
She assisted in creating an operating structure and recruitment of a full show and venue operations team of 100+ employees with an aim to be EBITDA positive within five years through the development of commercial sponsorship, marketing, catering, merchandise and ticketing offers to promote performances and drive revenues.
In addition to this, Kathryn worked as a Duty Manager at Dubai Opera, overseeing
the Front of House Operations, during live shows/events for audiences of over
2,000 people.
More recently, she has assisted in all aspects the opening of Maraya, a purpose-built venue in Al Ula, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Our Mission
To provide experiences that create the most value for our partners; the best entertainment for ticket buyers, and to host world-class events to attract people to the region.
Our Vision
We strive to go above and beyond the norm for our event partners no matter the challenge. We aim to bring the biggest names in entertainment to the Middle East.
“Their professional approach to artist recommendations had led to a sales increase year on year.”
Joanna Wales
Ascot, Head Of Operations