Concord has promoted UK exec Fred Gillham to the newly created position of chief operating officer, Concord Label Group.
Reporting to Tom Becci, chief executive, Concord Label Group, Gillham serves as part of the group’s senior executive team. He will be based in Concord’s Los Angeles office.
As COO, Gillham is directly responsible for Concord’s label services teams, which enables the labels to maintain global responsibility for their release campaigns.
The labels include: Concord Records, Easy Eye Sound, Fearless Records, Loma Vista Recordings, Pulse Records, Rounder Records, Concord Theatricals Recordings and Craft Recordings, as well as the Kidz Bop brand.
Gillham and the label services teams work with the labels to ensure a coordinated plan, covering every major market.
“Fred has the uncommon ability to understand and anticipate the needs of the artists he serves and develop the necessary plans and systems to help them achieve their goals,” said Tom Becci, chief executive, Concord Label Group. “This ability, combined with his talent for building great teams, makes him perfectly suited for this new role.”
Our set-up and approach are totally unique in the market, and the mission is to use that to be even more competitive
Fred Gillham
Fred Gillham said: “It’s been an incredible journey since joining Concord in 2019. We have successfully proved the concept of our global approach to marketing and I’m excited to push that even further in this new role. Our set-up and approach are totally unique in the market, and the mission is to use that to be even more competitive, both in scaling up our frontline business, and continuing to develop our already best-in-class approach to catalogue marketing. I must thank Tom for this incredible opportunity. I’m very excited about the future of Concord Label Group.”
Gillham joined Concord in 2019 as managing director of the UK, opening Concord’s first UK label group office. He oversaw artist campaigns including Ghost, Chase Atlantic, The Offspring, Tears For Fears, Tommy Richman and Sierra Ferrell.
Before joining Concord, Gillham spent more than a decade at Universal Music Group where he was VP, international, managing global campaigns within UMG across a variety of repertoire from both UMG labels and their partners.
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