OUR PEOPLE

Click on photos for short bios of our team members.

Jo Oliver
CEO
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Christy Whelan
Head of Legal & Business Affairs
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Loren Midlane
Head of Finance & Operations
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Dean Cameron
Director Member Services & Distribution
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Paul Kennedy
Director of Data & Analysis
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Sarah Illingworth
Communications Specialist
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Rochelle Stables
Member Services
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Holly Webster
Member Services Coordinator
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Jubt Avery
Licensing Representative
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Phil Matcham
Manager, The Official NZ Music Charts
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Michael Cathro
Data Specialist
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Rachel Mackie
Data & Administration Services
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Tony Simmis
Data Systems Developer
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Mei Ling Wong
Accounts Administrator
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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
Nick Atkinson
Artist Representative Director
Kim Boshier
Threshold Director
Sam Cockle
Threshold Director
Nicky Harrop
Independent Rights Holder Director
Adam Holt
Threshold Director
Artists Committee

The Recorded Music NZ Artists Committee is comprised of 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. Committee members also sit on the Music Grants funding panel.

Nick Atkinson (Love Square, Supergroove)
Chairperson
Mel Parsons Lucas Fahey (Big Sima) Natalia Sheppard (Tali)
Ash Wallace (Foley) Tana Tupai (Tomorrow People)