Sony Music Publishing Scandinavia on Wednesday (September 4) introduced two key promotions inside its Stockholm workplace.
Atena Banisaid has been appointed Normal Supervisor, whereas Christoffer Lindh has been elevated to Head of A&R. Each will proceed reporting to Johnny Tennander, Sony Music Publishing Scandinavia’s Managing Director and SVP A&R Worldwide.
In her function as Normal Supervisor, Banisaid will establish and lead methods that can develop Sony Music Publishing Scandinavia’s tradition and staff dynamics, in addition to drive enterprise progress, the corporate mentioned. Banisaid may also proceed to contribute to the A&R staff, and retain her place on the board of the Swedish Music Publishers Affiliation. Banisaid has performed a task within the achievements of artists comparable to Benjamin Ingrosso, Giift, and LukasBL.
“I’m extremely joyful and happy with the belief I’ve acquired on this elevation to the function of Normal Supervisor. These are each thrilling and difficult occasions in our business, and I can’t think about a greater staff to develop and write historical past with! It’s with huge enthusiasm that I step ahead into this new chapter,” Banisaid mentioned.
In the meantime, Lindh will oversee SMP Scandinavia’s A&R operations. With over 15 years of expertise at Sony Music Publishing, Lindh has labored with quite a few songwriters, producers, and artists, together with Yung Lean and Unhappy Boys, Cashmere Cat, Scarlet Pleasure, Ronni Vindahl, AronChupa, Augustine and extra.
“It feels extraordinarily enjoyable and galvanizing to step into this new function. I began my profession right here and have had the privilege of rising and studying underneath Johnny’s management. I’m humbled to guide our wonderful A&R staff and collectively we are going to proceed to construct on the implausible established basis we’ve,” Lindh mentioned.
Tennander additionally commented on the appointments, saying, “It feels superb to raise Christoffer and Atena to those key positions for Sony Music Publishing Scandinavia.
“They’ve for a very long time each confirmed to be extremely essential to our A&R staff, but in addition to our wider staff and firm. I’m positive this improvement will take us to new heights and it’s a massive, essential step for our continued and future improvement.”
Sony Music Publishing Scandinavia has been experiencing worldwide success as of late with Benjamin Ingrosso, Noonie Bao, and Linus Wiklund, whose co-writing credit embrace Charli XCX‘s Apple and Zara Larsson’s Symphony. The corporate’s current signing, Giift, has additionally contributed to Beyoncé’s hit tune YA YA.
The promotions mark the newest appointments throughout Sony Music Publishing’s international operations. Within the UK, SMP promoted Rob Stratton to Vice President, Visible + Media Rights this previous July.
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