RUMOR MILL
"We will move from a regional business model to a global functional model in which the primary reporting lines are aligned to the functions and not to geographical location."
Thursday, January 17, 2008
LET THE REVOVATIONS BEGIN
Guy Hands’ Blueprint for EMI Music Combines New and Familiar Building Blocks and Faces
The new-look EMI Music will be relatively sleek in its structure, with a primary focus on A&R, according to a flow chart released on Wednesday. The new structure, which Guy Hands promises will be completely in place by midyear, will be divided and prioritized as follows:
Labels / A&R
- North America & U.K. (Pres. Roger Ames, COO Ashley Unwin)
- International (Pres. Int’l Labels JF Cecillon, COO Chris Rolling)
- Global Creative Support (Global Creative Officer Billy Mann)
- Artist Relations (SVP Artist Relations Caryn Tomlinson)
Music Services
- Marketing (EVP Music Marketing Mark Hodgkinson)
- Sales (EVP Global Sales Ron Were)
- Artist Projects (EVP Artist Projects David Kassler)
- Operations (EVP Marketing Sales & Operations Mike Clasper)
- Studios & Archives (EVP Studios & Archives Stephen Alexander)
Support Services
- Finance (Group CFO Chris Rolling)
- People, Restructuring & Change Program (EVP PR&C Pat O’Driscoll)
- Legal & Business Affairs (Group General Counsel Chris Ancliff)
- Investment
- IT (Mike Clasper)
- Corporate PR & Communications (SVP Group Corporate PR & Communications Amanda Conroy)
For more details on the executives running the show, see related story, "Hands' New EMI Team."
