Emma Greengrass has been appointed as MD of Wildlife Entertainment – the London-based management home of bands such as Arctic Monkeys, Royal Blood, Travis and The Last Shadow Puppets.
Greengrass moves over from her role as UK Label Head at UMG‘s Caroline International, and will report directly to Wildlife CEO and founder Ian McAndrew.
McAndrew said, “I am delighted that Emma has accepted the position of Managing Director at Wildlife.
“Emma brings to Wildlife a wealth of experience and is hugely respected and admired within the artist and label community.
“She has helped manage and coordinate numerous successful campaigns for some of our most revered artists and bands. Her exceptional talent and experience will be a huge asset to our artists and team.”
Emma Greengrass said: “I have known Ian for over 15 years, as both a respected colleague and a friend and have always hugely admired his ability to discover and develop successful artists.
“His artist roster is second to none in the UK management world and I am looking forward with relish to the challenge of helping him continue the success of Wildlife Entertainment as well as growing his roster over the coming years.
“Leaving Caroline was an incredibly hard decision to make, as their team is, in my opinion, simply the best in the label services sector and they are, after only three years in business, providing a fantastic service to a large number of high profile artists.
“However, the opportunity of working with the artists and team at Wildlife Entertainment was too good to turn down.”
“Emma’s exceptional talent and experience will be a huge asset to our artists and team.”
Ian McAndrew, Wildlife
Emma Greengrass joined the music industry as a regional radio plugger at London Records in the late eighties, before joining Warner Music in 1989.
There, she worked her way up to Marketing Manager of WEA UK – handling marketing for all UK repertoire, from ZTT Records to the Blanco Y Negro label as well as the internal releases.
In October 1995 she was hired by Alan McGee and Dick Green as Marketing Manager at Creation Records, where she was solely responsible for Oasis.
Greengrass became General Manager at Creation in 1997, working across Creation acts such as Jesus & Mary Chain, Bernard Butler and Primal Scream, while continuing to oversee the success of Oasis.
After Creation Records closed in 2000, Greengrass was asked by Oasis to help set up and lead their own label – Big Brother Recordings – which went on to issue every Oasis release post 2000 for almost a decade.
Between 2010 and 2012, the exec handled releases by Travis and I Am Kloot as a consultant alongside Ian McAndrew at Wildlife Entertainment, before she joined Caroline in 2013.
At Caroline, she has worked on the Mercury Music Prize nominated Gaz Coombes album “Matador”, in addition to acclaimed album releases by the likes of St Vincent, Bears Den and Glass Animals.
Meanwhile, Wildlife Entertainment has also announced the promotion of accounts manager Sarah Abbott to the position of Finance Director.
This appointment will see Abbott, who has worked at Wildlife Entertainment since 2013, support Greengrass in her new role.
Ian McAndrew adds, “I am pleased to promote Sarah Abbott to Finance Director in recognition of the key role she undertakes in the support of our company and the artists we represent.”Music Business Worldwide
