Martin Mills, chairman of the Beggars Group, has been reappointed as chairman of Merlin in the latest board elections.
Erik Gilbert from Essential Music and Marketing USA and Ashley Whitfield (Evolution Music Hong Kong) are among the newly appointed board members for the global rights agency.
Merlin holds biennial board election with this vote attracting the highest ever number of candidates.
Charles Caldas, Merlin CEO, said: ‘That this election attracted such strong candidate numbers, representing some of the world’s most important music companies, is testament to Merlin’s standing within the independent community.
‘We were founded as a truly global operation, a fact reflected in the make-up and construct of our board, and I am honoured to lead an organisation that draws together such experience and expertise.’
The full Merlin board, in alphabetical order, is below:
Europe
Erik Brataas – Phonofile (Norway)
Michel Lambot – PIAS Group (Belgium)
Martin Mills – Beggars Group (UK)
Florian von Hoyer – Altafonte (Spain)
Horst Weidenmueller – K7 (Germany)
Non-voting observers:
Emmanuel de Buretel – Because Music (France)
Oke Goettlich – Finetunes (Germany)
North America
Glenn Dicker – Redeye Distribution and Yep Roc Records - (USA)
Erik Gilbert – Essential Music and Marketing (USA)
Dave Hansen – Epitaph Records (USA)
Geoff Kulawick – IDLA (Canada)
Tom Silverman – Tommy Boy (USA)
Non-voting observers:
Kris Gillespie – Domino Recording Co (USA)
Darius Van Arman - Dead Oceans/Jagjaguwar/Numero Group/Secretly Canadian (USA)
Rest of the world
Colin Daniels - Inertia (Australia)
Hilton Roth – African Dope – (South Africa)
Luciana Pegorer – Delira Musica (Brazil)
Ashley Whitfield – Evolution Music (Hong Kong)
Alison Wenham – president of WIN - representing companies in all ROW countries not represented on the board.
Erik Gilbert from Essential Music and Marketing USA and Ashley Whitfield (Evolution Music Hong Kong) are among the newly appointed board members for the global rights agency.
Merlin holds biennial board election with this vote attracting the highest ever number of candidates.
Charles Caldas, Merlin CEO, said: ‘That this election attracted such strong candidate numbers, representing some of the world’s most important music companies, is testament to Merlin’s standing within the independent community.
‘We were founded as a truly global operation, a fact reflected in the make-up and construct of our board, and I am honoured to lead an organisation that draws together such experience and expertise.’
The full Merlin board, in alphabetical order, is below:
Europe
Erik Brataas – Phonofile (Norway)
Michel Lambot – PIAS Group (Belgium)
Martin Mills – Beggars Group (UK)
Florian von Hoyer – Altafonte (Spain)
Horst Weidenmueller – K7 (Germany)
Non-voting observers:
Emmanuel de Buretel – Because Music (France)
Oke Goettlich – Finetunes (Germany)
North America
Glenn Dicker – Redeye Distribution and Yep Roc Records - (USA)
Erik Gilbert – Essential Music and Marketing (USA)
Dave Hansen – Epitaph Records (USA)
Geoff Kulawick – IDLA (Canada)
Tom Silverman – Tommy Boy (USA)
Non-voting observers:
Kris Gillespie – Domino Recording Co (USA)
Darius Van Arman - Dead Oceans/Jagjaguwar/Numero Group/Secretly Canadian (USA)
Rest of the world
Colin Daniels - Inertia (Australia)
Hilton Roth – African Dope – (South Africa)
Luciana Pegorer – Delira Musica (Brazil)
Ashley Whitfield – Evolution Music (Hong Kong)
Alison Wenham – president of WIN - representing companies in all ROW countries not represented on the board.
