Harvey is a legendary producer and promoter of rock concerts, charity events and television broadcasts – responsible for Live Aid and Live 8, the two largest music events in the world, ever.

He is is one of the world’s most famous music impresarios, having produced, managed and promoted shows with most of the world’s major artists – from The Rolling Stones to Beyoncé – in a career spanning more than five decades. 

Alongside popular culture, Harvey also brought opera (Pavarotti), Circus (Cirque du Soleil), Irish Dancing (Michael Flatley’s Lord of the Dance) and country music to the masses. He was instrumental in transforming the Millenium Dome into The O2 Arena, now one of the world’s busiest venues, and more recently, he pulled back the curtain on Hans Zimmer with his first live concerts.

Harvey has received numerous awards including the CBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List, 1996. In January 2006, Harvey was awarded the Chevalier des Artes et Lettres from the French Minister of Culture and more recently – to celebrate Her Majesty The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee – Harvey received the Diamond Award for his contribution to The Arts. In July 2012, Harvey received an Honorary Doctorate of Arts from the University of Brighton.

Elsewhere, Harvey is the Chairman of The British Music Experience, the UK’s only Museum of contemporary music from 1946 to the present. He is also a Board Member of Editorial Intelligence, Captive Minds and Investment Board of Edge VCT. Harvey is also on the Board of ImagineNation, a Dutch immersive theatre company.