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Sony Music appoints new Presidents at RCA UK

By | Published on Thursday 23 February 2023

Stacey Tang and Glyn Aikins

Sony Music yesterday announced that Stacey Tang and Glyn Aikins have been promoted to become Co-Presidents of its RCA UK division. They take over from David Dollimore, who came to Sony via its 2016 acquisition of the Ministry Of Sound label, becoming President of both MoS and RCA later that year.

Music marketeer Tang moved over from Sony’s Columbia label to RCA in 2021, while Aikins joined Sony Music in 2018 as Co-President of its Since 93 imprint, which operates in partnership with RCA.

In their new roles they will report into Sony Music UK boss Jason Iley, who says: “Stacey and Glyn are two exceptionally creative and forward-thinking executives. They are both champions of music, are passionate about nurturing a new generation of artists, and know how to bring out the best in their teams and the artists they work with”.

Tang adds of her new job: “I feel privileged to lead the next chapter of RCA‘s story alongside Glyn and the most passionate and dedicated team of music fans in the business. We will channel our creative energies into delivering further successes for our artists and have fun whilst doing it. Thank you to Jason for his support and trusting Glyn and I to be custodians of such an iconic label”.

And Aikins says: “I’m very excited to lead RCA into the future, alongside Stacey, and build a truly supportive and nurturing culture, which develops the careers of creative talent over the long term to global success. This philosophy of artist development will be at the centre of everything we believe in, coupled with delivering brilliant artists and music. Big thanks to Jason for giving Stacey and I this fantastic opportunity”.

Commenting on his departure from RCA, Dollimore says: “In my seven year tenure at RCA UK, I am very proud to have built, led and mentored an incredible label group and worked with brilliant partners, management teams, writers and producers I will be collaborating with again in the future”.

“I have had the privilege of working with some of the most talented artists in the UK, including Biig Piig, Jade Thirlwall and Cat Burns, who all have huge careers ahead of them”, he continues. “It has been a fantastic journey from building the Ministry Of Sound label from scratch to becoming part of the Sony family and I wish Stacey, Glyn and RCA UK all the best for the future”.

The rejig at the top of RCA follows the appointment late last year of Dipesh Parmar and Amy Wheatley as President and Managing Director of Columbia, following the departure of the label’s previous President Ferdy Unger-Hamilton.



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