AIM yesterday announced Tony Duckworth, General Manager of Amato Distribution and Adrian Sear, Commercial Director of the Demon Music Group, will join their Board to fill the positions left vacant by Eliza Tyrell of Grand Central Records and Steve Mason of Pinnacle. Tyrell left the board after she parted company with Grand Central, while Steve Mason was forced to leave when Pinnacle, acquired by BMG as part of the Zomba deal, ceased to be classified as ‘independent’. Duckworth and Sear join the Board because they received the next most votes when they originally stood for the posts at the Association’s last AGM.
Meanwhile AIM have confirmed that chairman Alison Wenham will speak at ‘Music in Europe’, a conference for people working in the music industry across the EU, which takes place in Amsterdam this weekend. The conference is aiming to update EU and national governments on the music sector, to develop an overview on the music policies in place at national level, and to find ways for better co-operation at European level, involving national governments and European institutions.