Sr. Artists & Repertoire/Music Affairs, Sony Interactive Entertainment America
Global Head of Programming & Content Strategy, Amazon Music
Alex Patsavas
Founder, Chop Shop Music Supervision
SVP, Music Creative, NBCUniversal Television
Music Supervisor, Neophonic
Creative Content Consultant
Founding Partner, Peter Law Group
Global Vice President A&R, Warner Music Group
Controller, BBC Radio 1, 1Xtra & BBC Asian Network
Co-Founder & CEO, Dot Blockchain Media
CEO, Ingrooves
Director, BBC Radio
Vice President, Trailer Park
Head of Music, BBC Radio 1 & 1Xtra
Founder, JEM Music
Chairman & CEO, Atlantic Records Group
Owner, Realsongs (Grammy, Emmy & Golden Globe Award-Winning Songwriter)
Manager/Head of US Creative & Business Affairs, EKKO Music Rights US
Eesean Bolden
Sr. VP, A&R, Warner Bros. Records
Director, Creative, BMG
U.S. Editor, Music Week
President, Go! Music Services
President, Maverick
Ian Montone
Founder, Monotone, Inc.
Chief Publishing Executive, Concord Music
Vice President, Music, Creative & Business Affairs, Starz
Shareholder & Founder, LA Entertainment Practice, Greenberg Traurig LLC
Chairman & CEO, Global Media & Entertainment, Pollack Media Group
Senior Consultant, Meisel Music, Germany
Head of Digital Marketing & Strategy, Friends At Work
VP, Concerts, ICM Partners
President & Chief Operating Officer, peermusic
Creative Director,Music, FOX Broadcasting Company
President & CEO, Hollywood Chamber of Commerce
Founder & CEO, Black Box
Chief Operating Officer, Times Music (India)
Producer/Director/Actor (Mad Men, CSI, Bones, Terminator 3)
Editor, Music Week
Melinda Newman
West Coast Editor, Billboard
British Consul General in Los Angeles
Executive Vice President & Head of Universal Music Group & Brands
Global Head of Touring, United Talent Agency
DJ KCSN Los Angeles, Broadcast Journalist & Curator
Agent, Earth to Peter
President of A&R, Atlantic Records
Sr. Talent Producer, Fremantle Media North America (American Idol, America's Got Talent)
Assistant Editor, Rock Paper Scissors
Sr. Vice President, Film Music, Universal Pictures
Founder & CEO, Mobilium Global
Publisher, The Music Business Registry
Partner, Hit The Ground Running (HTGR) & Founding Partner, Pusher
Sr. VP Creative, Kobalt Music
Sanken Sandqvist
Managing Director, BMG Scandinavia
Music Supervisor (Tolkien, The King of Thieves, Guerilla)
Sat Bisla
President & Founder, A&R Worldwide
Songwriter/Producer (The Weeknd, One Direction, Justin Bieber, Katy Perry)
Global Lead, Business Development & Partner Management, Ford Motor Co.
Simon Katz
Sr. Director A&R/Staff Producer, Republic Records
Sr. Vice President Creative/A&R, Reservoir
Worldwide Executive of Music & Marketing, EA Games
GM Creative & Acquisitions, Kobalt Music Publishing
Film Producer (Enchanted, S.A.L.T., Premonition)
Founder, TM Talent Management
Co-President & Co-Owner, Mom+Pop Music
Founder & Publisher, Music Business Worldwide
Senior Executive, Paradigm Talent Agency
Owner/Producer, Tracey Trench Productions
Head of Music, FREEFORM
Sr. Director A&R, peermusic
Executive Vice President, Republic Records
Global Sector Leader, Media Entertainment/Sr. Client Partner, Korn Ferry
President, US Repertoire & Marketing, BMG
PETE GANBARG
President of A&R, Atlantic Records
Pete Ganbarg is President of A&R for Atlantic Records, a position he’s held since late 2017. He joined Atlantic as EVP, A&R in late 2008. At Atlantic, among the artists and projects that Pete has signed and/or A&R’d are Grammy Award-winning artists twenty one pilots, Halestorm and Jason Mraz; Platinum and multi-Platinum artists Christina Perri, Melanie Martinez, Skillet, Brett Eldredge, Matchbox Twenty & Rob Thomas, Theory Of A Deadman and Icona Pop; as well as the Original Broadway Cast Recordings of Hamilton and Dear Evan Hansen and the Billboard No.1 album The Greatest Showman soundtrack, the latter two of which he also co-produced.
Pete began his A&R career in 1989 at SBK Records. In 1997, he joined Clive Davis at Arista Records, where, as Senior Director of A&R, he conceived and A&R’d Santana’s 30x platinum worldwide, nine-time Grammy-winning Supernatural. Prior to joining Atlantic, Pete headed Pure Tone Music, one of the industry’s leading A&R consulting firms, whose success stories included Kelly Clarkson, Daughtry, Chaka Khan, Santana, Train, Donna Summer and others.