OUR PEOPLE
Click on photos for short bios of our team members.
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Jo Oliver CEO |
Christy Whelan Head of Legal & Business Affairs |
Loren Midlane Head of Finance & Operations |
Dean Cameron Director Member Services & Distribution |
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Paul Kennedy Director of Data & Analysis |
Sarah Illingworth Communications Specialist |
Rochelle Stables Member Services |
Holly Webster Member Services Coordinator |
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Jubt Avery Licensing Representative |
Phil Matcham Manager, The Official NZ Music Charts |
Michael Cathro Data Specialist |
Rachel Mackie Data & Administration Services |
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Tony Simmis Data Systems Developer |
Mei Ling Wong Accounts Administrator |
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.
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.
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Nick Atkinson (Love Square, Supergroove) Chairperson |
Mel Parsons | Lucas Fahey (Big Sima) | Natalia Sheppard (Tali) |
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Ash Wallace (Foley) | Tana Tupai (Tomorrow People) |