GRAHAM COLLINS
GCHQ Management
Brand Development, Personal Lifestyle, Travel & Tour ManagementPROFILE SUMMARY
Over 30 years of providing senior-level brand development, personal lifestyle, travel & touring management services to entertainment, music & sports professionals • Trusted by multiple award-winning international VIPs to manage their private commercial affairs, complex life schedules, & travel for high-value appearances, events, & tours • Developing strategic solutions, & delivering end-to-end tour management & travel, personnel resourcing for complex international schedules, group operations, high-value appearances, events, festivals & music tours. • Known for seamless delivery, absolute confidentiality, & exceptional service, operational precision, commercial strategy leadership, with unlimited stamina & a reassuring calmness under pressure.
CORE EXPERTISE
Brand Development, Personal Lifestyle, Travel & Tour Management Services including • International schedules, appearances, cruises, events, festivals, tour & travel management • Booking appearances, cruises, events, festivals, shows & tours • Full road management with advance budgets (Inc US IRS,) carnets, compliance, contracts, freight coordination, itineraries, logistics, scheduling, tour & travel, venue advancing & visa management.
SELECTED CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Alanis Morissette: Travel Manager - European travel on the record-breaking two-year Jagged Little Pill tour, strategic planning, booking & management of all flights, hotels, private jets, & ground transport. • Big Big Train: Six-year retained engagement to manage end-to-end international touring for the artist; delivering multiple European, North American, UK tours, cruises, festivals. • Driving Adventures: Travel booking management for 30+ bespoke international tours. • Simon Collins: (Phil Collins’s son) Personal / commercial affairs & Tour Management Led all aspects of personal, professional, & touring activity, coordinating closely with accountants, lawyers, property managers, promoters, radio, television as well as acting on behalf of his father, Phil Collins. • Constructed & delivered personal & complex, multi-country tour travel itineraries for leading artists & VIPs including among others, Peter Gabriel, George Michael, Alanis Morissette, Oasis, Art Garfunkel, Deacon Blue, The Goo Goo Dolls, Jack Dee, James Brown, Jo Brand, Big Big Train, Sigala, former Spice Girls - Geri Halliwell and Melanie C, Lisa Stansfield, Kodak, David Coulthard, Sir Jackie Stewart, WOMAD and Zucchero.
