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Taking place at the fabulous Amazing Grace venue, London Bridge, in association with Sound Royalties – providers of creator-friendly funding solutions for the music industry – this summit will feature a range of panel discussions, talks and presentations as the MMF look to join the dots on the changing dynamics of music management – with a particular emphasis on how managers are securing new forms of investment for both clients they work with and to develop their own businesses.

New for 2025, this Manager Summit will see a wide presence from some of MMF’s Associate Partners – companies and organisations who will be on hand throughout the day in a dedicated space on the venue’s mezzanine floor, providing delegates with an opportunity to ask questions and seek advice.

The Manager Summit is ticketed and includes lunch and refreshments.

TICKETS:

MMF members benefit from a generous £70 discount on the standard non-member price, using the members’ discount code in the members’ newsletter. Non-members are also welcome.

Members: £55 (plus VAT + fees) // Non-members: £125 (plus VAT + fees)

Tickets available for purchase here.

TIMINGS:

10.15 Registration
11.00 Welcome & Introduction
11.15 Keynote
11.35 Research Presentation & panel
12.50 Summit Short
13.00 Lunch
14.00 Guide to Alternative Finance presentatoin & anel
15.30 Presentation & panel
16.15 Summary
16.30 Summit close
17.00 MMF AGM
18.00 Networking drinks

PROGRAMME:

Keynote: What is the future for investment?
Alex Heiche, CEO & Founder, Sound Royalties

Research Presentation: The Value Music Managers Bring To the UK Music Industry

Dr Ruth Melville, RMR Research, presents an initial summary of the findings from this pioneering piece of research commissioned by the MMF. This study, the first of its kind in the UK, explores and assigns a monetary value to the direct and indirect economic and social impacts that music managers have on UK music industry stakeholders through social return on investment (SROI) modelling.

Panel 1 : The Management Multiplier: how do managers increase value for artists and the music industry?

Building on the economic evidence, a panel of industry architects will explore what good management means for their businesses – the impacts it has and how the industry and managers can explore new opportunities for further growth.

• Kim Frankiewicz, EVP of Worldwide A&R, Concord Music Publishing
• Rob Challice, Wasserman Music
• Others tbc

MMF Guide to Alternative Finance: publication launch and introduction

Launch of MMF’s latest guide which includes a directory of fintech and catalogue acquisition businesses, and explores how management businesses can make themselves more investible.

• Adam Webb, MMF & A1 Communications
• Annabella Coldrick, CEO, MMF

Panel 2: Money Outside the Mainstream: Artist Finance Reinvented

A discussion between managers on seeking alternative finance for their artists growth. What were their considerations when making the deals and deciding who to partner with?

• Alessia Avallone, Founder & Director, Language of Sound
• Cam Blackwood, hit record producer, songwriter & co-founder and CXO, Rezonate Music
• Maarten Puddy, Entertainment Manager and founder, VOWTA Management
• Jennifer Horton, Matrix Artists / Matrix Equity Partners
• Alex Heiche, Sound Royalties

Panel 3: Revaluing the Role: Management as the Industry’s Next Hidden Asset

Exploring the investment potential of managers’ businesses and how management can become more investable.

• Ludovic Hunter-Tilney, Financial Times
• Joseph Davis, Partner & Head of Corporate, Bray & Krais
• Ric Salmon, Chief Growth Officer, ATC Group
• Daniel Ross, Managing Partner, Ross Bennett Smith
• Chloë Roberts, COO, Young

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

Capacity is limited and early booking is highly recommended – strictly no walk-up on the day!

Attendees are advised to arrive in good time. On-the-day registration will open at 10.15am, with the Summit programme starting at 11am. Exhibiting companies will be available from 10.15am, remaining throughout the day.

The Summit will be followed by the MMF AGM which is free and open to all current members, and for which an RSVP is required, here.

If not attending the AGM, do please return to the venue for networking drinks at 6.30pm.

We look forward to seeing you there!

About our sponsor:

Sound Royalties offers fixed-fee, fixed-term royalty advances to music creatives, labels, publishers, and distributors, without ever taking ownership of copyrights or a percentage of future works. Celebrating more than a decade in business, the company works with over 170 CMOs, PROs, labels, publishers, and distributors around the world to provide flexible funding options to thousands of creatives and businesses in every genre. In addition to music royalty financing, Sound Royalties offers funding solutions for YouTube content creators/channel owners and TV production companies. For more information and to contact someone from the team, click here: www.soundroyalties.com.

“We are thrilled to be joining forces with the MMF to expand awareness and education about music royalty financing. As a company who has pioneered this model since 2014, we are proud of the work we do every day bringing creative-friendly funding solutions to the music industry.”