Lon-time music business government Mark Collen has introduced his departure from Sony Music Leisure within the UK after a decade to launch a brand new consultancy agency, Night time Supervisor Leisure.

The exec most just lately served as EVP Worldwide Operations at Sony Music UK.

Collen began his profession at A&M Data in Paris and went on to carry plenty of senior management roles inside the EMI Group over a 20-year interval earlier than becoming a member of Sony in 2012.

In keeping with a media launch, the exec’s London-based Night time Supervisor Leisure will “supply strategic management and worldwide advertising consultancy to a variety of purchasers throughout the music business”, together with labels, administration corporations, know-how platforms and the funding sector”.

After a profitable tenure as Advertising Director for EMI label Parlophone Data the place he oversaw campaigns for Radiohead, Blur, Queen and Crowded Home amongst others, Mark grew to become Managing Director of Chrysalis Data, merging it with EMI information to develop into EMI:Chrysalis and labored with artists together with Robbie Williams, Iron Maiden and Pink Floyd and delivered label collaborations with Heavenly Recordings and dance label Positiva.

He was appointed Senior Vice President, World Advertising for EMI Music and oversaw worldwide success for Coldplay and Norah Jones amongst others, earlier than rejoining EMI UK as SVP EMI UK.

After operating his personal advisory enterprise Tideswell Media and beginning an artist administration firm, Collen subsequently joined Sony Music Leisure in 2012 to supervise the worldwide advertising technique for One Course’s second album Take Me Residence, which topped the charts in 35 international locations and have become the fourth largest promoting album worldwide of the 12 months.

Promoted to the place of EVP Worldwide Operations, Collen labored with a number of artists at Sony together with George Ezra, Calvin Harris, Little Combine, Rag ‘n’ Bone Man, Tom Odell, Deliver Me The Horizon, Nothing However Thieves, Robbie Williams, J Hus and Tom Grennan amongst many others.

“After an exquisite decade with Sony, the place I’m grateful and privileged to have labored with some wonderful folks and artists and a profession working a number of the best artists of our time, I couldn’t be extra energised on the considered embracing this new enterprise.”

Mark Collen

Mark Collen stated: “After an exquisite decade with Sony, the place I’m grateful and privileged to have labored with some wonderful folks and artists and a profession working a number of the best artists of our time, I couldn’t be extra energised on the considered embracing this new enterprise.

“At a time after we are seeing seismic shifts in the best way music is conceived, consumed and engaged with, this looks like the proper time to use my expertise and insights on behalf of the broader music business to assist them and the artists they symbolize navigate this thrilling new international panorama.”Music Enterprise Worldwide