Industry Takeover 2024

Maria Hanlon – DJ, Presenter (Voices Radio), Producer (BBC Introducing in London), Music Writer (UD)

Maria Hanlon is a London-based DJ, presenter & music writer. Since moving back to London in 2021, Maria has been busy playing across the capital showcasing her signature sound, weaving…

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Abi Lufadeju – Music Lawyer and Legal & Business Affairs Manager at AJL LegalAbi Lufadeju

Abi Lufadeju is an award-winning Music Lawyer and Legal & Business Affairs Manager.  Abi’s journey in music is unique, from artist to legal expert. Abi graduated with a law degree…

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Charlie Ogbechie – Artist Development Lead, SoundCloud (Europe)

Charlie Ogbechie is the Artist Relations Lead for Europe at SoundCloud. With over decade of experience in live music, record distribution and artist development working for companies such as Live…

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Eunice Obianagha – Head of Diversity at UK Music & Director at Enspire Management

Eunice Obianagha is the Founder of ENSPIRE Management, a project and event management consultancy specialising in Music, Culture, Community and Entertainment. She has overseen landmark projects for prestigious organisations like…

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Charmaine Kuranchie – Learning and Organisational Development Manager, Universal Music UK

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Rhianna Perkins – Legal PA and Paralegal at Polydor

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Jacqueline ‘JPL’ Pelham-Leigh – Senior Membership Development Lead at PRS for Music, Industry Advisory Group Lead at UD

With over 25 years of experience, Jacqueline Pelham-Leigh (JPL) has left her mark in the music industry. Starting as a recording artist, she has seamlessly transitioned into production, songwriting, business…

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Yemi Abiade – Writer (TRENCH)

Yemi Abiade is a London-based writer, editor and podcaster who specialises in written works exploring music and culture. His work weaves between grime and rap, documenting their place within the…

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Ahmed Hussain – Head of Station: BBC Asian Network

Ahmed Hussain heads up the BBC Asian Network, leading the UK-based station to reach over half a million listeners weekly and more than two million through social media and video…

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Celia Faray-Gieskes – Junior Creator Manager at Island Records

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Stephen Wilson – Finance Director at Decca

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Stretch – Artist

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Elise Brown – Co-founder/ Director, Revere Arts

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Gaika – Artist

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Hannah Shogbola – Founder, DAJU / Agent at UTA Talent Agency

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Komali Scott-Jones – A&R Director at AWAL & Executive Member at the Black Music Coalition

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Andrew Ogun – Arts Council of Wales/ BLM Gwent

Andrew Ogun is a musician, poet and cultural commentator from Wales. He is the Agent for Change at the Arts Council of Wales and the main organiser for BLM Gwent.

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Jasmine Takhar – Presenter BBC Asian Network/ The Official British Asian Music Chart

Jasmine Takhar is the host of BBC Introducing and the Official British Asian Music Chart on the BBC Asian Network. In 2021, her passion for and strong connection to new…

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Kenny Barber – Relationship Manager, Black Music at PRS for Music

Kenny Barber is the Relationship Manager for Black Music at PRS for Music, a collective management organisation that serves over 165,000 songwriters, composers, and music publishers. His role sees him…

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Jamal Green – Composer

Jamal Green is a British composer currently based in the UK. His unique sound finds its way into everything he works on, from BAFTA Award Winning TOEM (2021) by Something…

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Paul Trueman- COO at un:hurd

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Shanice McConnachie – Artist manager

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Adele White – Senior A&R Manager, Atlantic Records UK

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Mel Ijeh – Artist Manager (formerly A&R Manager, 5k Records)

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Lodina Agyeman – Project manager

Lodina Agyeman is the project manager at High Roller and regularly works on strengthening High Roller’s relationships with brands, just last month she supervised Recess’s takeover of Powis Square for…

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Jords – Artist

Jords is a Croydon-based artist who has been on a meteoric rise since the release of his motion picture-assisted project Almost an Adult in 2020, and has now seen success…

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Nippa – Artist

Nippa who is an exciting prospect for R&B, began turning heads with the release of self-titled debut EP “Nippa”, featuring the popular single ‘Situation’.   To follow came a a string…

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Richard Carter – Artist

Meet Richard Carter, a visionary artist from South Norwood, London.   His musical journey was shaped by diverse influences: hip-hop from his aunt and uncle, jazz from his mum, and the…

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RBC – Progamming Manager

RBC is the programming manager at High Roller and puts talent (mostly DJs and musicians) forward for large scale events including Recessland and smaller parties.  His love and understanding of music…

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Hyperfrank – Photographer, archivist, producer (TRENCH)

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Vaniece (Jno-Baptiste) – European Entertainment Marketing at Puma

Being a silent assassin over the last decade, Vaniece Jno-Baptiste has quietly been behind some of your favourite artist’s impactful brand campaigns in the UK & Globally. From working across…

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Jacqueline Springer – Curator, Africa & Diaspora: Performance at the V&A

Jacqueline Springer is Curator Africa & Diaspora: Performance at the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.  Jacqueline’s professional background is in print & broadcast music journalism, undergraduate teaching, international guest lecturing…

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Candice Carty-Williams – Author (Queenie, People Person) & Showrunner (Champion, Queenie)

Candice Carty-Williams was born and raised in south London via Jamaica. She is a showrunner, culture writer, and author of Book of the Year Award winning and Sunday Times bestselling…

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Swindle – Writer, producer, artist

Swindle is ahead of the curve. The South London producer, multi-instrumentalist and composer has spent the past 15 years championing what he calls the “left of centre”. His musical community…

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Ben Wynter – Director of Business Development & Partnerships at Association of Independent Music (AIM), Founder & CEO Unstoppable Music Group, Co-Founder POWER UP Initiative

Ben Wynter is a highly accomplished music and media executive based in the UK, boasting an impressive two-decade track record within the music industry. His career has encompassed key roles…

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Darcus Beese – President, Darco Artist Partnerships D.A.P, Author, Rebel With a Cause: Roots, Records and Revolution

Darcus Beese OBE is a legendary music-industry executive, the first Black President of a UK major label, (Island Records UK),  and the only Black British CEO of one of the…

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Nayana.AB – Artist, UD Progamme Associate & writer

Following a whirlwind 2024 – supporting RAYE with her Flames Collective crew at BBC Radio 1 Big Weekend, Reading & Leeds Festival, the BRIT Awards, a trip to Morocco for…

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BERWYN – Artist

Having moved from Trinidad to Romford at the age of nine (the third generation of his family to make the move) BERWYN took just two weeks to write and record…

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JB Made It – Producer/ Finesse Foreva

JB Jonathan Boakye Mensah, known by his writer/producer name JB Made It (Born in 1995), is a self-taught and sought-after top-shelf producer, musician and co-founder of renown indie label Finesse Foreva a genre-breaking and…

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Malika Ferguson – Sounds Write Consultancy

Malika Ferguson (known mononymously as Malika, previously Meleka) is a writer and topliner, with stylistic preferences ranging from Pop to Soul and R&B and over 300 million streams across her…

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Humphrey Ogiesewu – Touring Accountant, CC Young & Co

Educated at University of West London (TVU), Humphrey Ogiesewu graduated in 2013 with a Bachelor of Arts (Hons) in Accounting & Finance.  He went on to join one of the…

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Dom Scialo – Head of Rights Management, Y Royalties

Dom Scialo started his career in the Music industry with Sony Music Publishing and a small independent (LA based) Music Publisher. Dom went on to work with Kobalt Music Group…

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Roxanne Oak – Relationship Manager for Dance Music Genres at PPL

Roxanne Oak is the Relationship Manager for Dance Music Genres at PPL, the UK-based collecting society for recorded music. With over a decade of experience in the music industry, Roxanne…

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TK – Manager & Co-Founder, Finesse Foreva

TK is one of the three co-founders of Finesse Foreva, an independent record label based in Croydon, specializing in Drill, Trap, Rap, RnB, and Afro-swing. Known for developing chart-topping artists like…

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Jay Radia – A&R at Relentless Records, Sony Music UK

Jay Radia is an A&R at Relentless Records. Initially studying at the Notting Hill Academy of Music, he has now worked in A&R for the last two years and has…

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SK – Co-founder/ A&R, Finesse Foreva

SK is one of the three co-founders of Finesse Foreva, a leading independent record label from Croydon, specializing in Drill, Trap, Rap, RnB, and Afro-swing. He has been instrumental in shaping the…

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Jojo Sonubi – Co-Founder, High Roller

Jojo Sonubi is the co-founder of High Roller and in charge of the company’s visual identity which is elevated by his background in graphic design. A staple of Jojo’s work…

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Samuel Adjaye – Multidisciplinary artist, filmmaker & creative director, swrv.studios

Samuel Yaw Adjaye is a multidisciplinary Artist, Filmmaker and Creative Director from Hackney, of both Ghanian and Italian descent. Samuel uniquely blends mediums together utilising skills in Graphic Design and…

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Tolu Elusadé, Analogue photographer

Tolu Elusadé is a Nigerian Londoner, visual artist, poet and curator of accessible and reflective creative spaces.  For over five years, she has collaborated with prestigious clients, including Tate, Netflix,…

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