OUR PEOPLE

Click on photos for short bios of our team members.

Jo Oliver CEO Email	Christy Whelan Head of Legal & Business Affairs Email	Loren Midlane Head of Finance & Operations Email	Dean Cameron Director Member Services & Distribution Email
Paul Kennedy Director of Data & Analysis Email	Sarah Illingworth Communications Specialist Email	Zara Nichol Operations & Content Support Email	Rochelle Stables Member Services Email
Wesley Makoni Member Services & Distribution Coordinator Email	Phil Matcham Manager, Official Aotearoa Music Charts Email	Michael Cathro Data Specialist Email	Tony Simmis Data Systems Developer Email
Rachel Mackie Data & Administration Services Email	Alisha Jackson Legal Advisor & Contract Manager Email	Mei Ling Wong Accounts Administrator Email

Board of Directors

The Recorded Music NZ Board is made up of six Directors and a Chairperson (who is elected by the Board). Of these, currently three are “threshold directors”, being shareholders of Recorded Music NZ with greater than 6% of distributions over the last 3 years. There is also an Independent Director and Artist Representative Director who are elected by Independent Shareholders.

Louise Bond Chairperson	Myra Hemara Threshold Director	Kim Boshier Threshold Director	Jim Marshall Threshold Director
Hariet Ellis Artist Representative Director	Chris van de Geer Independent Rights Holder Director	Juliet Tainui-Hernandez Māori Board Advisor	Gareth Brown Board Observer

Artists Committee

The Recorded Music NZ Artists Committee is comprised of up to six artist representatives, who are members of Recorded Music NZ. The purpose of the Artists Committee is to support and develop the relationship between Recorded Music NZ and recording artists.

Hariet Ellis (Dick Move, Na Noise) Chairperson	Lucas Fahey (Big Sima)	Ash Wallace (Foley)	Jordyn Rapana (Jordyn with a Why)