Yonas Blay

Yonas Blay is the current Chief Commercial Officer at Festicket. Yonas has been with the company since October 2012, starting as Head of Commercial & Partnerships. In this role, they were responsible for leading the Business Development and Partnerships team, setting and defining KPI's, overall management of the events and travel client base, and identifying new business opportunities and markets.

In September 2022, Yonas was promoted to CCO. In this role, they are responsible for Festicket's commercial strategy and partnerships worldwide. Yonas has successfully grown Festicket's business by expanding into new markets and forging partnerships with some of the biggest names in the music industry, such as Live Nation, ID&T, Mama, Festival Republic, Cream Group, Monumental Productions, Cosmopop, Ultra Worldwide, Primavera, FKP Scorpio, Warehouse Project, Last Tour, Rock in Rio, NOS Alive, Pitchfork, VIP Nation, Sound Channel, Podpads, Ibiza Rocks, Tangerine Fields, EXIT, Hearthworks, Broadwick Live, National Express, Event Travel, G3, Big Green Coach, Euro Star, E&A Events, Xsense, and Solo.

Yonas Blay works with Jon Parsons - Frontend Lead, Otti Otusajo - Head of Business Development Extras, and Francesca Wong - Kwan - Lun - Head of Account Management. Their manager is Zack Sabban, Co-Founder & CEO.