Bucks Music Group has appointed Rick Lansdell as chief operating officer, as well as making a number of key promotions.
Lansdell is an experienced music executive, having had roles at Sanctuary Records, Universal Music Group, Universal Music Publishing Group, Fremantlemedia and Peermusic.
He has joined Bucks Music Group after spending nine years at Peermusic, where he reached the position of head of UK administration.
Lansdell has also contributed to several industry groups over the course of his career, including PRS For Music’s Licensing Commercial Advisory Group (LCAG), IMPEL’s Working Group and the Technical Online Working Group Europe (TOWGE).
Lansdell succeeds Shaun Hendry, who retired earlier this year.
Bucks Music Group has also announced a number of senior promotions:
• Flash Taylor moves from senior A&R to head of international A&R at Bucks
• James Paterson steps up from A&R to head of UK A&R at both Bucks and BDi Music
• Rhiannon Bramley moves from A&R to senior A&R at Bucks and BDi Music
• Maria McDonald moves from copyright manager to international copyright manager
• Sevana Mehrunnesa steps up from copyright assistant to UK copyright manager
• Andrea Loizidou moves up from sync film & TV to sync executive.
His knowledge, relationships and experience will be a real benefit to our company moving forward
Simon Platz
Bucks Music Group managing director Simon Platz said: “It’s great to be able to bring an executive of Rick Lansdell’s calibre to Bucks Music Group in the COO role. His knowledge, relationships and experience will be a real benefit to our company moving forward. Of course, I’d also like to express thanks to Rick’s predecessor Shaun Hendry for his years of service and wish him well in his retirement.
“We’ve also thought hard about how best to restructure some key roles in the company, including a number of well deserved promotions. In doing so, we feel we can continue to serve our clients in the best possible way now and in the future.”
Bucks creative director Sarah Liversedge Platz said: “We’re very happy to welcome Rick to the Bucks Music Group family but sad to wave farewell to Shaun. Just as songwriter and artist development is a core element of what we do here, so too is the development of executive talent, which we have in spades at Bucks & BDi - we are very proud of all our staff!”
PHOTO: (Left) Rick Lansdell (Top L-R) Maria McDonald, Sevana Mehrunnesa, Andrea Loizidou (Bottom L-R) Flash Taylor, James Paterson, Rhiannon Bramley
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