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Korda Marshall to chair Official Charts Company

By Chris Cooke | Published on Thursday 31 January 2013

Infectious Records chief Korda Marshall, a veteran of the UK record industry, has been appointed as Chairman of the Official Charts Company, the joint venture between record label trade body BPI and the Entertainment Retailers Association that does all that important counting and number crunching for us each week.

Marshall replaces Rob Salter, the former boss of entertainment products at Tesco, who has stepped down from his charts role having departed the supermarket giant last month. The Infectious boss will serve an initial two year term in the non-executive OCC Chairman role.

Confirming his appointment, Marshall, who has held major label roles in addition to running Infectious as an indie twice, told CMU: “The Official Charts Company is a hugely important organisation. It not only provides data, analysis, programming and visibility for artists but is, in many ways, the custodian of our industry’s history. It is a real honour to be given a role to play in the evolution and growth of the Official Charts Company and I am looking forward to working with Martin and his excellent team during what is a challenging but also very exciting time for the music industry”.

Meanwhile the OCC’s MD Martin Talbot added: “I am delighted to welcome Korda as our new chairman. He is a progressive and experienced entrepreneur with a real vision for the Official Charts, as well as a music man with an unbeatable track record of signing and launching new acts, from commercial pop through to the coolest, most credible acts. He is the perfect person to help us take the next steps on following the excellent contribution of Rob Salter over the past couple of years”.