Paul Pacifico has been appointed the new chief executive officer (CEO) of the Association for Independent Music (AIM).
Paul will join the organisation following the recent announcement that departing officer Alison Wenham is to take up a new, full-time role as CEO of Worldwide Independent Network (WIN) after 17 years at AIM.
The new post holder joins from his previous role as CEO of the Featured Artists Coalition (FAC), a position he has held since January 2015. He was also president of the International Artist Organisation (IAO).
He will formally take up his new post on 1 November 2016.
Commenting, Paul said: ‘I am incredibly excited by this new challenge and am looking forward to building on the incredible work that AIM has done on behalf of the independent music community over the last 17 years.
‘The increasingly important role of independent music both culturally and commercially across the world means that, more than ever, AIM has a key role to play ensuring that our members voices are heard and that they continue to have real say in the future of our industry. I would also like, of course, to pay tribute to the amazing legacy left to me by Alison Wenham.’
AIM is a trade body established in 1999 to provide a collective voice for the UK's independent music industry.
The AIM Awards, the organisations’s annual celebration of the indie music community, takes place tomorrow (6 September) in London.
Paul will join the organisation following the recent announcement that departing officer Alison Wenham is to take up a new, full-time role as CEO of Worldwide Independent Network (WIN) after 17 years at AIM.
The new post holder joins from his previous role as CEO of the Featured Artists Coalition (FAC), a position he has held since January 2015. He was also president of the International Artist Organisation (IAO).
He will formally take up his new post on 1 November 2016.
Commenting, Paul said: ‘I am incredibly excited by this new challenge and am looking forward to building on the incredible work that AIM has done on behalf of the independent music community over the last 17 years.
‘The increasingly important role of independent music both culturally and commercially across the world means that, more than ever, AIM has a key role to play ensuring that our members voices are heard and that they continue to have real say in the future of our industry. I would also like, of course, to pay tribute to the amazing legacy left to me by Alison Wenham.’
AIM is a trade body established in 1999 to provide a collective voice for the UK's independent music industry.
The AIM Awards, the organisations’s annual celebration of the indie music community, takes place tomorrow (6 September) in London.
