Dipesh Parmar was promoted to president of Columbia Records UK weather Amy Wheatley he was named managing director of the label. Parmar was previously chairman of Ministry of Sound, which Sony Music acquired in 2016, while Wheatley was previously managing director of Ministry of Sound, which will now operate under the Columbia umbrella. Parmar will continue to report to the Chairman and CEO of Sony Music UK & Ireland Jason Iley and Wheatley will continue to report to Parmar.

web3 record label Nvak Collective named nikisha bailey General Manager. In the role, Bailey will oversee and facilitate A&R, marketing and label operations. Bailey was most recently Vice President of Administration and A&R Operations at Artist Partner Group/Atlantic Records. She also serves as vice president of the New York chapter of The Recording Academy, as an ambassador for the Black Music Collective, and as co-chair of the diversity and inclusion council for Women In Music. She was named a Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Power Player in 2020 and 2021. Bailey can be reached at nikisha@nvak.org.

Holger Horen was appointed financial director of CTS event. He joins the firm from PEAC Finance, where he served as Chief Financial Officer and Chief Risk Officer. Horen succeeds Andreas Grandigerwho will also leave the executive board of CTS Eventim when his contract expires on December 31.

Music financing platform beat bread industry veteran named terry mark as head of Europe. In the newly created role, Terry will lead beatBread’s expansion into the UK and continental Europe, with a focus on developing deeper relationships with independent artists, managers, distributors and labels. He will work closely with beatBread’s head of industry and artist development, Matthew Tilley.

sam riddle was named senior vice president of marketing at Warner’s Records. In his new role, Riddle will oversee marketing campaigns for the label’s roster, with a focus on artist development. Based in Los Angeles, she will report to the Executive Vice President of Marketing and Artist Development. dionnee harper. He joins Warner Records from Roc Nation, where he most recently served as vice president of artist management.

position music hired melanie ainsworth as financial director. Prior to joining the company, she was the financial controller for Big Machine Label Group in Nashville for eight years. Ainsworth can be reached at melanie@positionmusic.com.

Shilpa Das Appointed Vice President and Head of Publishing and Label Management at United States. Das will oversee the administration of Avex USA Publishing and Avex USA’s SELENE imprint. He joins the company from Reach Music Publishing, where he managed the administration of copyrights and royalties. Based in Los Angeles, he will report to the CEO of Avex USA. naoki osaka.

global ASM made three new hires in its commercial companies division: Bryce G Townsend as senior vice president of trade associations; kevin dent as vice president of sponsorship sales and business development; Y emily wilson as Director of Marketing Solutions. Townsend can be reached at btownsend@asmglobal.com, Dent can be reached at kdent@asmglobal.com, and Wilson can be reached at ewilson@asmglobal.com.

great timing music hired Christina Spoljaric König as director of customer services for the company’s North American division. He will oversee Big Sync Music’s North American clients, including Unilever. Spoljaric Konig comes to Big Sync from sonic branding and sound design agency Sixième Son, where she served as director of brand partnerships.

lauren haman was named president of motion picture/TV licensing for silo music, where he will oversee creative pitch and A&R. He comes to Silo from Nas’s Mass Appeal Records, where he ran the sync department. Harman can be reached at lauren@silomusic.com.

Sony Music Nashville hired Jason McColl as Senior Director of A&R. McColl comes to the label from Warner Nashville, where he served as head of A&R. In his new role, he will work closely on A&R for Corey Kent, Jameson Rodgers and more.

Scotty O’Brien promoted to vice president of promotion, marketing for SXM Radio in BBR music group; previously he was director of regional promotion for the Southeast. He will continue to serve as Broken Bow Records’ southeastern regional promotion representative; His role expands to oversee the broadcast of SXM for all of BBRMG’s labels, produce syndicated content, and develop overall promotional and marketing strategies for those platforms for artists across the label group. O’Brien can be reached at scotty@brokenbowrecords.com.

business management company Farris, Self and Moore promoted three team members: gator pizza Y Hannah Haggerty, from client managers to associate commercial managers; Y Elaina Riggs from manager of operations, contracts and royalties to director of operations. Pizer can be reached at gator@fsmnash.com, Haggerty can be reached at hannah@fsmnash.com and Riggs can be reached at elaina@fsmnash.com.

European podcast and audiobook subscription service we could hired claus thune as Global Director of Programming. Based at Podimo’s headquarters in Copenhagen, Thune will work closely with the company’s local and product teams. He joins from Epidemic Sound, where he served as director of music curation. Thune can be contacted at claus.thune@podimo.com.

huxley promoted Jorge Georgopoulos to director of brand associations and contracted kerry mckenna as main agent. McKenna, who joins KEEP Agency, will work alongside Georgopoulos and others on brand partnerships for Huxley’s talent. Georgopoulos can be reached at george@huxley.world and McKenna can be reached at kerry@huxley.world.

Digital Retail and Entertainment Association IT WAS named Ben Drurand president of the organization, as of January 1. Drury ran and later sold dotmusic to Yahoo in 2003, then founded the B2B streaming and download service 7digital the following year. He left 7digital to establish the Yoto children’s audio platform in 2015.

the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) Y MusicCounts announced new members for its 2022-23 board of directors. Is it so: Adam Burchillhead of sports and gaming, North America on TikTok; Dr Julie NagamProfessor of the History of North American Indian Arts (Assistant Professor and Curator) at the University of Winnipeg; kate buys, Senior Director, CEO Platform, Office of the CEO at Microsoft; Y mark harrisonfounder of T1 Agency.