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Gilles Peterson MBE

Broadcaster & DJ

Gilles Peterson hosts a weekly Saturday afternoon show on BBC Radio 6 Music that’s one of the broadcaster’s most popular music shows, helms independent record label Brownswood Recordings, and is the founder of online radio station Worldwide FM. Gilles also hosts the Worldwide FM radio station on the GTA V computer game. Since 2005, he has hosted the annual Worldwide Awards in London and Worldwide Festival in Sète, France, and in 2019, he launched the new We Out Here festival in the UK. In early 2021, Gilles released the Str4ta album (with Bluey from Incognito) and his first full length book ‘Lockdown FM - Broadcasting In A Pandemic’.

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Hak Baker

Artist

East London’s finest, the critically acclaimed musician and poet of the people, Hak Baker, is respected by his peers and contemporaries as one of Britain’s most authentic voices in alternative music. He was invited to support Mike Skinner and Little Simz on tour last year, performed at Glastonbury, and has collaborated with Toddla T and Ezra Collective’s Joe Armon-Jones. His debut album, Worlds End FM, was released last year to critical acclaim.

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Hayley Marchant

Head of Marketing, Columbia UK

Hayley Marchant has worked in the music industry for 12 years. She began as a marketing assistant at Warner Records, then moved to Island Records to be a marketing manager, promoting stars like Ariana Grande and The Weeknd. After a year in artist management, Hayley joined Columbia Records and has now been there for four years where she is now Head of Marketing. She's currently leading campaigns for Perrie, Harry Styles, Adele, and more.

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Iain McGoldrick

Head of Business Development, DJ Mag

Joining DJ Mag in 2012, Iain was pivotal in the brand's full North American launch and has gone on to work across the company to solidify DJ Mag’s place as the world's leading electronic music print magazine. Translating DJ Mag’s editorial direction into a global events strategy, Iain has worked with some of the world's most exciting artists on events & activations across the globe. Working closely with industry and community partners, Iain has pushed to ensure that supporting grassroots projects is at the heart of DJ Mag’s future.

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Jasmine Takhar

Radio Presenter

Jasmine Takhar is the host of BBC Introducing and the Official British Asian Music Chart on the BBC Asian Network. In 2021, her passion for and strong connection to new UK artists was recognised when she was announced as the new host of the 'BBC Introducing' show on BBC Asian Network. She then received a nomination for Best Radio Show from the Music Week Awards in 2022, followed by successive nominations in 2023 and 2024. Fast forward to 2024, where Jasmine was announced as the host of the brand new Official Asian British Music Chart on BBC Asian Network which launched in April, compiled by the Official Charts Company. Jasmine’s passion for breaking through new artists has also lead to her hosting various music events for new artists around the country including BBC Introducing at Glastonbury, R1's Big Weekend, The Great Escape Festival, Latitude Festival and at South by Southwest Festival. Outside of radio, Jasmine also heads up the project 'Scene Not Heard'. A platform dedicated to providing a voice for unsigned rap, grime and R&B artists from outside of London.

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Jay Ahmed

Head of National Radio, Your Army

Jay is the Head of National Radio at Your Army; a promotions company that focus’ on breaking acts and developing their growth to a wider audience. The company’s current roster includes the likes of Dave, Sam Smith, LF SYSTEM, Sub Focus, salute, Aluna, Ewan McVicar and more. “I’m passionate about young people getting into creative industries as I didn’t know the vast amount of jobs that exist for people with different skillsets – I had never heard of radio plugging before applying for a job at Your Army,” Jay shared.

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Jayd Williams

Head of Music Partnerships & Sponsorship, Virgin Media O2

Working in the industry for over 10 years, Jayd Williams has worked with some of the world’s biggest brands and companies from Universal Music, Sony, Warner, L’Oréal, Coty to Revlon. She has worked on marketing activations for endorsement and sponsorship deals such as Big Sean x Blackberry and created marketing plans for Lady Leshur x Olay and Raheem Sterling x Gillete. Jayd has also worked on artist activation deals with beverage brands such as Heineken, Remy Martin and Moet Hennessey.

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Youth Music Stakeholder Survey 2023

Explore the 2023 Youth Music Feedback Survey results, including insights on our funding impact and plans for improvement

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JD Donovan

Head of Partnerships, Lounges.tv

JD Donovan is a platinum-selling young music executive who has delivered over 500 million streams for independent music talents. After working with some of the biggest global names in music after getting his break at 22 under US ‘super-producer’ Dallas Austin as a staff writer and producer, he struck out on his own in 2017 founding his own specialist agency, It’s Never Simple, focused on developing new industry talents in an ethical way – whilst consulting for industry companies on best practice in artist relations and marketing. At video streaming and on-demand platform Lounges.tv, JD works in-house to fuel the growth of emerging content creators and artists – helping them be fairly rewarded for their talents at highest payment rate in the industry. JD has featured in national UK media advocating for music artists and their rights on Sky News, ITV News at 6 and BBC Radio 5 Live.

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