Common Music Australia unveils new senior administration group

Common Music Australia (UMA) has made a raft of senior administration promotions and appointments.

Alicia Reynolds has been named GM, EMI Information Australia, whereas Mark Holland has been upped to Managing Director, EMI Information Australia.

Becoming a member of UMA’s senior management group alongside Reynolds and Holland is Alisa Lai, who has been named Head of Industrial Progress & Innovation, UMA, and Fiona Zamparutti, who has been promoted to Senior Director, Streaming, UMA.

Liam Dennis takes on the function of GM, Catalogue, UMA, and Nicole Richards turns into Co-Managing Director, Island Information Australia.

The appointments are a part of what UMA describes as a “succession plan” developed by George Ash, President, Australia & New Zealand, and John O’Donnell, EMI Australia, MD.

O’Donnell shall be retiring from the corporate on September 30.

The group will even be joined by Yvette Cachia, who has been appointed SVP, Individuals, Inclusion & Tradition, UMA, efficient August 22.

Cachia joins UMA from the New South Wales Division of Training, the place she served as Chief Individuals Officer & Deputy Secretary.

She’s going to report back to George Ash and Eric Hutcherson, UMG’s international Chief Individuals and Inclusion Officer.

Mark Holland takes on the function of Managing Director from his present place of Normal Supervisor of A&R at EMI.

He first joined the label in 2006 as an A&R Scout, and has since labored with names equivalent to Troye Sivan, Meg Mac, The Avalanches, Gretta Ray, and Cat & Calmell.

Holland is joined on EMI’s senior management group by Alicia Reynolds, who has been appointed as Normal Supervisor, EMI Australia.

Reynolds joined the label in 2014, and at present serves as EMI’s GM, Advertising and Media.

Nicole Richards, in the meantime, has served as Normal Supervisor, Island Information Australia since 2019, and joined UMA in 2012.

Earlier than then, she served for six years at EMI Australia & Virgin Information Australia.

“Having led this nice label for the previous twenty years, I couldn’t be prouder of all that we completed.”

John O’Donnell

John O’Donnell, mentioned: “Having led this nice label for the previous twenty years, I couldn’t be prouder of all that we completed.

“Now, after two years working diligently in the direction of a succession plan to guide the label into a brand new period, I’m excited handy the reins of EMI Australia over to Mark Holland and Alicia Reynolds.

“Mark is a dynamic, next-generation government with large success in A&R, who will lead the label right into a implausible new period, whereas Alicia is an industry-respected government that all the time motivates our artists and group together with her ardour, perception and tenacity to succeed throughout each venture.

“I couldn’t be happier for them each and for our artists.”

“We’re at a pivotal second culturally, commercially and creatively within the Australian music {industry}.”

George Ash

George Ash, added: “We’re at a pivotal second culturally, commercially and creatively within the Australian music {industry}.

“The group being promoted to assist convey UMA into its subsequent chapter are amongst essentially the most proficient executives with whom I’ve ever labored.”

“On behalf of UMA, I need to specific my profound gratitude to John for his excellent management, and for serving to to recruit and develop this subsequent era of leaders who’re prepared, keen and dedicated to ship unbelievable issues for our roster, for the broader Australian music ecosystem and music followers worldwide.”

UMA says it has achieved “unparalleled success breaking and creating the careers of worldwide artists within the territory.”

Amongst Olivia Rodrigo’s many successes in 2021, which incorporates a seven week run on the high of Spotify‘s Weekly Prime 200 International Chart, the UMA artist claimed the best-selling album of the 12 months in Australia together with her debut Bitter.

Australia’s top-selling tune of the 12 months was Warmth Waves by British group Glass Animals, which stayed at No.1 for six weeks on the ARIA Chart.

Following the success of Warmth Waves, Dave Bayley, lead singer of the Oxford, UK-born band, additionally signed a worldwide publishing take care of Common Music Publishing Group (UMPG) in Could.Music Enterprise Worldwide