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Warner Australia boss stands down
By CMU Editorial | Published on Wednesday 8 September 2010
Aussie music business veteran Ed St John has stood down as President and CEO of Warner Music Australasia. He reportedly left Warner Oz’s HQ in Sydney for the final time on Friday. The major’s official line is that he has left to “explore new opportunities outside the company”. An interim management team headed up by the major’s Aussie finance boss Mark Narborough has been put in place.
St John’s departure from Warner (which was quite sudden but expected) was accompanied by a resignation from the role of Chairman at Australia’s record label trade body ARIA, of which he has been an active board member for ten years.
Confirming that resignation, St John told reporters: “I am very proud of what we achieved in this time, particularly the increase in stature of both the ARIA Awards and Hall Of Fame. Our mandate has always been to advance our artists and industry rights to achieve a healthy industry that provides Australian music fans with exciting music entertainment and it’s a challenge we have continued to meet. It’s time now to hand over the reins”.
A new chairman will be appointed at the next meeting of the ARIA board.
