Tony Cochrane
Anthony John Cochrane is an Australian businessman, best known for event promotion and sports administration. Cochrane was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in the 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours. Event promotion Cochrane has been involved in event promotion since the 1970s, and has promoted or produced tours for several international and local artists, including The Rolling Stones, Sammy Davis Jr., Placido Domingo and The Main Event Tour featuring John Farnham, Olivia Newton-John and Anthony Warlow. Cochrane once spent a week sleeping on Frank Sinatra's floor in order to convince him to return to tour Australia, despite previously vowing he never would. Cochrane's theatre credits include Grease: The Arena Spectacular and Australian productions of musicals including The Sound of Music, Annie and Hairspray, for which he and his fellow producers won a Tony award. He also collected ARIA's for Platinum albums. He is the global Chairman of IWEFO, International World Exhibition and Festival Organization. In 2012, Cochrane and his wife Thea founded International Events Consulting, best known for developing and touring Exhibitionism: The Rolling Stones Exhibit globally. The company entered administration in December 2020. Cochrane remained a director of Cochrane Entertainment, a company he also co-founded. Sports administration In