Gerry Ryan is a Melbourne-based entrepreneur with interests across manufacturing, entertainment, wine, hospitality, property and sport.

As the founder and Chairman of Jayco, Gerry helms Australasia’s largest manufacturer of recreational vehicles. He is Chairman of several Australian entertainment enterprises, including Global Creatures, animatronic specialists Creature Technology Company (Jurassic World: The Exhibition) and theme park Gumbuya World. Gerry is also a backer of sporting enterprise, including the Melbourne Storm and GreenEdge Cycling.

Gerry was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in 2000. Gerry and Val Ryan and their children Michael, Andrew and Sarah are proud supporters of the Arts.

Carmen Pavlovic is the CEO of Global Creatures, which she founded with Gerry Ryan OAM.

Throughout the 1990’s, Carmen’s career spanned various theatre companies including Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Really Useful Company (Australia). In 2001 Carmen relocated to London and took up the role of Executive Producer at Clear Channel Entertainment. Later she became Director of the International Production Department for Stage Entertainment, responsible for establishing new territories for the company (including Russia, Italy and France), licensing and programming of 25 theatres across Europe, and overseeing productions in the UK, Germany, Holland, France, Italy, Spain and Russia.

For Stage Entertainment, Carmen was the International Executive Producer of the European premiere of Dirty Dancing in Germany and subsequently Holland, the Russian speaking productions of Cats and Mamma Mia! (the first open-ended musicals in Moscow), the German-speaking production of Wicked; the Spanish-speaking production of The Producers; the French-speaking productions of Sam Mendes’ Cabaret at the prestigious Folies Bergere and The Lion King at the Mogodor Theatre in Paris.

In 2008, Carmen returned to Australia and co-founded Global Creatures for which she has produced original works Walking with Dinosaurs – The Arena Spectacular, How To Train Your Dragon Live Spectacular, King Kong, Strictly Ballroom The Musical, Muriel’s Wedding The Musical and Moulin Rouge! The Musical.

Nick Hart joined Global Creatures as Head of Legal and Business Affairs in 2011 and was appointed a Director in 2019 and Chief Operating Officer in 2021.

Nick manages the commercial activities and business operations of the Global Creatures group. He oversees the Finance, Human Resources, and Legal and Business Affairs departments and has worked extensively on the rights, legal and commercial aspects behind all Global Creatures shows.

Prior to joining, Nick practised extensively as a lawyer across the media, entertainment and technology sectors, both in-house and for prominent international and specialist law firms. After training at international firm Slaughter and May in London and Singapore, Nick worked at leading music and entertainment firm Bray & Krais in London. He joined Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Really Useful Group as in-house counsel, before moving to Sydney to become Special Counsel at Truman Hoyle (now part of Bird & Bird) specialising in IP, technology and commercial law. He joined boutique firm Blueprint Law as a Director and Principal and established its theatre and live events practice.

Nick has a MA in English Literature from the University of Edinburgh, where he also worked over a five-year period at the Edinburgh Fringe. Nick is a director of Authors’ Legal, a non-profit law firm providing specialised advice to Australian authors and illustrators. A favourite live show is Lazarus, in line with Nick’s love for David Bowie’s songs and performances.

Ronen Ghosh joined Global Creatures as CFO in July 2023 and has responsibility for the Group’s Corporate and Production Finance functions.

Ronen has worked in the entertainment industry for more than 25 years having held senior finance roles internationally in music publishing and recorded music rights management with blue-chip organisations including Alberts, BMG and Universal. A passionate supporter of live entertainment, Ronen is a director of City Recital Hall Limited, a world-class purpose-built performance venue in the heart of Sydney’s CBD.

Ronen is a Chartered Accountant, a Graduate Member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the University of New South Wales. Ronen’s favourite musical is West Side Story, and his favourite play is Stereophonic.