What do you love most about your role?

Talking to artists, labels and managers every day about new ways to delight fans and better renumerate artists and rightsholders whilst helping them with their chart goals. Having creative conversations about our new Smart Formats and what mad ideas some artists have! Smart Formats are innovative physical merch items that unlock chart eligible music and bonus content.

What does a day in your life look like?

If at home - up early for a run, breakfast for the family then video calls with partners, Serenade team, labels, artists and managers. Ending with a game of badminton or a board game with my daughter. If in London, a run along the Thames, the best breakfast in London (Groucho Club) then meetings at labels and management offices before a work, dinner and a gig.

What new album are you most excited for?

The 3rd Sam Fender album. I know it has taken him a minute to get it right but I believe it is now coming together. I’ll probably get in trouble for saying this but I’ve been told there is a song on there which is his ‘The Drugs Don’t Work’. Can’t wait.

You're stuck on a desert island - what book, film, game and album would keep you company?

Book - I don’t read a huge amount of fiction but I think fiction is what you would need on a desert island so probably ‘Trainspotting’ by Irvine Welsh. I was a student living in Leith when it came out so fond memories. Fond memories of living a student life in Edinburgh, not taking heroin.
Film – ‘Life is Beautiful’ – an extraordinary Italian film from 1997 about a father and son in a Nazi concentration camp that is as funny and joyful as it is heart-breaking. Inspired by a true story, it is hard to describe but it is beautiful. Though I just watched the trailer and it really doesn’t do it justice.
Game – not a big gamer but my daughter and I have been quite obsessed with Zelda for a few years now.
Album – The Blue Nile ‘Hats’ – been a close life companion since I discovered it around 1991 (it came out in 1989). It is incredibly comforting for me and seems to always fit whatever I am doing, wherever I am or however I am feeling. ‘Downtown Lights’ also now Taylor - famous!

What's your big hope for the entertainment industry?

The embracing of new technology to improve the fan experience and better reward artists and rights holders. The magical ‘increasing the size of the pie’. My fear is that some of these opportunities get missed as labels and managers have to work harder just to make the day to day make sense.