After the US-based expertise company Wasserman Music acquired Paradigm Music UK’s reside music enterprise in April, the corporate has promoted Laura Brown, Cecilia Chan, Suzie Melki, Lucy Putman and Holly Rowland, all beforehand brokers at Paradigm Music UK.
The 5 London-based names signify the primary promotions for the UK group since Wasserman’s acquisition of Paradigm Music UK’s reside music enterprise.
Laura Brown started her profession at a ticketing company in Manchester, UK, earlier than transferring to London to run the field workplace on the foremost stadium for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic video games.
She joined Coda, later Paradigm and now Wasserman Music, and later grew to become an Agent Assistant, then Booker, for James Whitting in 2018.
She has labored with artists together with Bakar, Ellie Goulding, Simple Life and KennyHoopla, amongst others. As an agent, she has signed artists Lucy Deakin, Queen Millz, and Clarence & The Trendy Life.
Cecilia Chan first joined Major Expertise Worldwide as an Assistant to agent Cris Hearn, and adopted him to Coda in 2015.
Alongside Hearn, she labored with artists together with Mark Ronson, Gary Numan, Difficult, Planningtorock and Above & Past.
Chan is a mentor with British charity Youth Music, and has been concerned in sustainability tasks throughout the company and thru business group Music Declares Emergency.
She has signed artists together with iamamiwhoami, Amy Wiles, Moon Boots, Shimza and BluePrint.
Suzie Melki joined WME to work with agent Sol Parker, and adopted him to Coda in 2015. She has additionally labored with agent Adele Slater at Coda and Paradigm.
Melki has labored with artists together with Girl Gaga, Jessie J, Backstreet Boys, Ladies Aloud, and Pendulum, and he or she continues to guide The Prodigy, Rita Ora, Liam Payne, Take That and Gary Barlow.
Extra lately, she has signed artists together with Matt Corby, John Vincent III, Remme and Lip Critic.
In 2007, Lucy Putman joined Coda’s Tom Schroeder, the place she labored with artists together with Rudimental, Jamie xx, slowthai and Alan Walker.
Putman has helped set up Music Mudder, a music-inspired endurance occasion created by Wasserman Music UK brokers to lift cash for music remedy charity Nordoff Robbins.
Holly Rowland started her profession as an Apprentice at Coda earlier than becoming a member of full-time as an Assistant in 2016.
She labored throughout DJ purchasers earlier than transferring to work with agent Sol Parker, and was later promoted to booker for Alex Hardee.
With Hardee, she has labored with purchasers together with London Grammar, Louis Tomlinson, Mika and Rag’n’Bone Man.
Rowland has signed artists together with David Kushner, Sophia Alexa and Rhys.
Wasserman Music launched in April 2021 with the acquisition of Paradigm’s North American reside music illustration enterprise.
Paradigm merged the London-based CODA Company into its enterprise in 2019. Paradigm first acquired a stake in CODA in early 2014.
“We’re thrilled to announce the promotions of Laura, Suzie, Cecilia, Holly and Lucy.”
James Whitting, Wasserman Music
James Whitting, Wasserman Music, mentioned: “We’re thrilled to announce the promotions of Laura, Suzie, Cecilia, Holly and Lucy.
“They’ve all been with us for a lot of years and labored throughout the likes of Slowthai, Simple Life, Kaytranada, Louis Tomlinson and Billie Eilish, and we couldn’t be happier for them for this subsequent stage of their careers.
“We’re very proud that they’ve come by means of the ranks of the corporate, serving to to form our tradition and constructing and growing our artists’ careers in the absolute best method.
“We sit up for having fun with the longer term with this nice group of people as we proceed to develop Wasserman’s international music division.”Music Enterprise Worldwide
