Head Of Music, Radio Fritz (Germany)
CEO & Co-Founder, Imagem Music Group (Holland)
Managing Director, Ticketmaster UK
Programme Director, Nordic Music Export & Chair, European Music Export Exchange
Founder & CEO, Canvas Talent & Co-Founder & CEO, Farout Media
Controller, BBC Radio 2, 6 Music, Asian Network & Director, BBC Music
Controller, BBC Radio 1 (UK)
Chairman & CEO, JEM Artists/JEM Music Publishing
Music Supervisor & Creative Director, ThinkSynch Music
Damaris Rex-Taylor
General Manager, Disturbing London
Founder & President, Glassnote Entertainment Group
Darcus Beese
President, Island Records UK
Managing Director, Outdustry
Founder & President, Glassnote Entertainment Group
Danielle Perry
Presenter, Absolute Radio
Dumi Oburota
Founder & Managing Director, Disturbing London
Chief Commercial Officer, 7digital
Gabe Turner
Director, Fulwell 73
Founder, CATO Music
Managing Director, U.K. & President, European Creative, Sony/ATV Music Publishing
Head Of Business Relations, Auddly
James Hanley
Sr. Staff Writer, Music Week
CEO, MPA Group of Companies
Jeff Smith
Head Of Music, BBC Radio 2 & 6 Music (UK)
Chief Executive, UK Music
Head of Marketing & Strategic Marketing, KBK Konzert-Künstleragentur GmbH, Germany
Joel Denver
President/Publisher, AllAccess (U.S.)
Professor Jonathan Shalit OBE
Chairman, ROAR Group
Sr. VP, BMG & Founder, Infectious Records
Leo Pearlman
Producer, Fulwell 73
Marc Robinson
President, Globe – Creative & Commercial, Universal Music UK
Mark Strippel
Head Of Programmes, BBC Asian Network (UK)
Mark Sutherland
Editor, Music Week
Vice President A&R, Virgin/EMI Records
Deputy Programme Director/Head Of Music, Radio X (UK)
Murray Stassen
Deputy Editor, Music Week
Natasha Bent
Live Agent, United Talent Agency
Nic Jones
Chief Rrevenue Officer, Vevo
Oum Pradutt
Founder, Phase 1 Events (Asia)
A&R & Label Manager, Playground Scandinavia
Founder & Creative Director, Eurosonic Noorderslag (Holland)
Executive President of Touring, International, Live Nation
MD of UK and International with Spirit B-Unique
Rebecca Allen
Managing Director, Decca Records
CEO, PRS For Music
Founder, Robomagic
Rob Scott
Founder & CEO, Source Music
CEO, Cosmos Music Sweden
Sammy Andrews
Artist Manager, LOCK
Sanken Sandqvist
Managing Director, BMG Scandinavia
Sat Bisla
President & Founder, A&R Worldwide/MUSEXPO
Sigi Schuller
Sr. Director A&R, Universal Music Germany
Ted Cockle
President, Virgin EMI
Entertainment Marketing Consulting
MIKE SMITH
Vice President A&R, Virgin/EMI Records
Mike Smith started as an A&R scout at MCA Publishing in 1988, where he signed Blur, Levitation and scouted The Smashing Pumpkins. He then moved to EMI Publishing in 1992, where he went on to sign acts such as PJ Harvey, Elastica, Supergrass, The Avalanches, Gorillaz, The White Stripes, The Libertines, Arcade Fire and Arctic Monkeys, as well as re-signing Blur and progressing to the position of Head of A&R. Mike moved to Columbia Records UK in 2006 to work as the Managing Director and over the next five years signed artists Mark Ronson. Calvin Harris, Ting Tings, MGMT, Glasvegas, Miike Snow, Lissie, Paul Epworth, Band of Horses, Katy B, The Vaccines, Ryan Adams, Madeon and The Civil Wars.
In April 2012, Mike left Columbia to take up the role of President of Music at Mercury Records, where he oversaw the signings of Iggy Azalea, The Vamps (British band) and Slaves (UK band), as well as signing Duke Dumont and The Strypes. With the formation of Virgin/EMI Records in 2013, from the merger of Virgin Records and Mercury Records, he signed The Chemical Brothers, The Libertines and Squeeze.
