Adam Kenwright

Partner

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Between May 2016 and May 2021, Adam was the Executive Vice President and Group Board Director of the Ambassador Theatre Group, during which time he focused on growth, acquisitions and partnership development. ATG programmes and operates over 60 venues in the UK, US and Germany.

Adam began his career at Bill Kenwright Limited where between 1989 and 1993, he performed various roles culminating in a position of Associate Producer.

Adam set up AKA in 1993 with a vision to produce and promote theatre productions to a wider audience. By 2015, AKA had grown to become the largest employer of arts and entertainment marketing professionals in the world, with offices in London, Manchester, Glasgow, New York, Los Angeles, Sydney and Melbourne. During his time as CEO, AKA grew further and successfully expanded the group into the film and digital marketing industry across the UK, US and Europe through a series of acquisitions including the Creative Partnership and Digital Media Services, with clients that include 20th Century Fox, Universal Pictures, Working Title Films, Lionsgate, EOne, Netflix, Warner Brothers and Sony Pictures. With a client roster of many of the largest and most successful theatre producers, arts organisations, visitor attractions and live experiences in the world.

In December 2016 Adam sold the AKA Group to private equity firm Providence Equity Partners.

Adam is a proud shareholder and director of CVH Management and Annette Stone Associates, two leading internationally recognised creative representation agencies and has investment interest in Primarytickets.com.

Adam is a former elected board member of The Society of London Theatre, ACT Productions, and Old Vic Productions. He is currently a trustee of Go Live Theatre Projects, a charity devoted to supporting children’s education and career development through the arts, and Fair Play RTYDS, a charity tackling socio-economic inequity in theatre. Between 2020 and 2025 Adam served as elected chair of the board of the Donmar Warehouse.