Thursday, January 17, 2008
Guy Hands’ Blueprint for EMI Music Combines New and Familiar Building Blocks and Faces
The new-look
EMI Music will be relatively sleek in its structure, with a primary focus on A&R, according to a flow chart released on Wednesday. The new structure, which
Guy Hands promises will be completely in place by midyear, will be divided and prioritized as follows:
Labels / A&R
- North America & U.K. (Pres. Roger Ames, COO Ashley Unwin)
- International (Pres. Int’l Labels JF Cecillon, COO Chris Rolling)
- Global Creative Support (Global Creative Officer Billy Mann)
- Artist Relations (SVP Artist Relations Caryn Tomlinson)
Music Services
- Marketing (EVP Music Marketing Mark Hodgkinson)
- Sales (EVP Global Sales Ron Were)
- Artist Projects (EVP Artist Projects David Kassler)
- Operations (EVP Marketing Sales & Operations Mike Clasper)
- Studios & Archives (EVP Studios & Archives Stephen Alexander)
Support Services
- Finance (Group CFO Chris Rolling)
- People, Restructuring & Change Program (EVP PR&C Pat O’Driscoll)
- Legal & Business Affairs (Group General Counsel Chris Ancliff)
- Investment
- IT (Mike Clasper)
- Corporate PR & Communications (SVP Group Corporate PR & Communications Amanda Conroy)
For more details on the executives running the show, see related story, "Hands' New EMI Team."