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This list showcases the top United Kingdom based Partner operating in the Music space. If you think a Partner is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Anna Gradil
Manager, YouTube Partnerships of YouTube
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About Yoola, Yoola, YouTube: YouTube is a video-sharing platform, allows users to upload, view, and share videos, including movie and music clips and amateur content.
Terri Scriven
Head of Creator Partnerships, Europe Middle East and Africa of YouTube
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About YouTube: YouTube is a video-sharing platform, allows users to upload, view, and share videos, including movie and music clips and amateur content.
Chris Klapwijk
Lead – Benelux Online YouTube Partnerships of YouTube
Chris Klapwijk is the Benelux Online YouTube Partnerships lead at YouTube since August 2014. Chris is responsible for new business development and growing existing key partners across all verticals (i.e. Music, Entertainment, Sport, News, Comedy, Beauty, etc) . Before joining YouTube, Chris worked as Manager of Accounts for Retail and Education on the Google EMEA sales team and has several years of TV and online media experience working for public TV broadcaster BNN. Chris was also a Manager of Accounts at Coolblue B. V. Chris earned his M.Sc. in Management of Innovation from RSM Erasmus Universiteit and B.Sc. in Business Administration and Management from Norwegian School of Economics.
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About YouTube: YouTube is a video-sharing platform, allows users to upload, view, and share videos, including movie and music clips and amateur content.
Katie Jenkins
Southern Europe Manager, YouTube Partner Development & Management of YouTube
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About YouTube: YouTube is a video-sharing platform, allows users to upload, view, and share videos, including movie and music clips and amateur content.
Dayo Olopade
Content Partnerships of YouTube
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About YouTube: YouTube is a video-sharing platform, allows users to upload, view, and share videos, including movie and music clips and amateur content.
Paulo Soares
Partner of YouTube
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About YouTube: YouTube is a video-sharing platform, allows users to upload, view, and share videos, including movie and music clips and amateur content.
Leo Pearlman
Managing Partner of Fulwell 73
Following the creation of Fulwell 73 Productions in 2007, Leo has produced and exec produced multiple hours of television and over 15 theatrically released scripted and documentary feature films. These titles have included the likes of “Hitsville: The Motown Story” (UMG), “Training Days” (Youtube), “I am Bolt” (Universal Pictures), “The Class of 92” (Universal Pictures), “Sunderland Till I Die” (Netflix), “One Direction: This is Us” (Sony/Columbia) and many more. A list of projects that have enjoyed commercial success across the board and critical acclaim that includes Emmys, National Film Awards, Brit Awards, International Film Festival appearances and nominations at a number of other prestigious events. Alongside this Leo is the Managing Partner of the Fulwell 73 group, heading up and overseeing all commercial matters both in the UK and US. His role is one that encompasses business development and growth targeted strategy, as well as the day to day running of the ever expanding Fulwell team and production slates.
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About Fulwell 73, Fulwell 73: Fulwell 73 is a television, film and music production company
Ben Winston
Partner of Fulwell 73
Ben Winston is a British producer and director, who established the production company Fulwell 73 with Gabe Turner, Ben Turner and Leo Pearlman. He is co-executive producer of The Late Late Show with James Corden alongside Rob Crabbe and Mike Gibbons and the show’s segments “Carpool Karaoke” and “Drop the Mic”. Winston is the youngest show producer of a Late Night show in America. The American talk show broadcast on CBS was launched in 2015. He has collaborated with a number of artists, most notably One Direction, JLS, Robbie Williams, Gary Barlow and James Corden. He has produced and directed a number of pop culture oriented films, documentaries, concerts and music videos. He is also renowned for producing a number of the annual Brit Awards from 2011 to 2014. More recently he was a co-producer of US Grammy Awards and Tony Awards.
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About Fulwell 73: Fulwell 73 is a television, film and music production company
Saverio Cianfrone
Director Music Partnerships of Crowdmix
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About Crowdmix: Connecting the world through music. The app where bands, fans and brands collide.
Silke Zetzsche
Head of Commercial Partnerships of A Million Ads
What draws me to A Million Ads is the company’s ethos – we’re all about pioneering change in the digital marketplace. I love striving for the next cool, innovative and challenging thing in digital media advertising. Outside of work I love hanging out with my cool little daughter Alexandra.
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About A Million Ads, A Million Ads: A Million Ads provides dynamic audio advertising for users of digital radio and streaming services.
Charlie Dawe
Director of Strategic Partnerships, London Ops of RECOVR
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About RECOVR: Creators + Patrons + Charity = ☮. Reevaluating the Value of Music. We ♥︎ #creators #mycelia #FairTradeMusic #blockchain #VR + You.
Charles Caldas
Partner of Exceleration Music
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About Exceleration Music: Investing in music rights while providing strategic services to third party entities, primarily within the independent music community.
Gary Cohen
Brand Partnerships Director of ATC Live
Gary spent 10 years in brand planning roles at leading ad agencies including Ogilvy’s and Havas. In 2004 he established Brand Aid Music Marketing to meet the ever-increasing demand for brand partnerships with the music industry. He went on to plan and manage music led campaigns in the USA, UK and Ireland for clients including Guinness, Corona, T Mobile, Topman, Pizza Hut, Daily Mail and Heineken. Some of the artists with whom he’s worked include Mark Ronson, Snow Patrol, Sting, Bob Geldof and Primal Scream. In 2016 Gary joined the music management company ATC as Brand Partnerships Director with a remit to develop brand relationships across both the management and live booking divisions. ATC manage a broad roster of artists including Laura Mvula, Faithless, The Staves, Katie Melua, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds, PJ Harvey and Benjamin Clementine. The live booking division, ATC Live, represent Whitney, The Lumineers, Mac DeMarco and Passenger amongst others.
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About ATC Live: ATC Live is an independent artist booking agency based in London, England, representing 250 artists.
