Stephen Davidson PRS Board

PRS board makes new appointments

Stephen Davidson and Mark Poole have joined the PRS board, as members vote in new directors and reappoint others at the Annual General Meeting (AGM).

Anita Awbi
  • By Anita Awbi
  • 20 May 2015
  • min read
Davidson, who replaced Peter Bamford on the society’s executive board last year (which oversees both the MCPS and PRS boards), has previously held positions in industry and investment banking.

Poole is a chartered accountant with more than 20 years’ experience at Virgin Group, where he held the positions of group finance director and deputy chief executive.

Both take over outgoing external directors Estelle Morris and Wanda Goldwag.

Reappointments include publisher directors Simon Platz of Bucks Music Group and John Minch of Imagem.

On the writer director side, Crispin Hunt, Mick Leeson and Edward Gregson have also been reappointed.

Please see http://www.prsformusic.com/ABOUTUS/OURPEOPLE/GOVERNANCE/Pages/default.aspx for more on the governance of PRS for Music.

Read chief executive Robert Ashcroft's keynote address from the AGM: http://www.m-magazine.co.uk/news/prs-ceo-robert-ashcroft-our-digital-battle/