Former Sony Music exec Mark Collen has announced the launch of a new consultancy business called Night Manager Entertainment.
Collen was most recently EVP International Operations at Sony Music. Before his ten year stint at that major he held various senior roles within the EMI Group, including being Marketing Director for Parlophone Records and Managing Director of Chrysalis Records. He also previously ran another consultancy business between working for EMI and Sony.
The new company will, and I quote, "offer strategic leadership and international marketing consultancy to a range of clients across the music industry, including labels, management companies, technology platforms and the investment sector".
Says Collen: “After a wonderful decade with Sony, where I’m grateful and privileged to have worked with some amazing people and artists, and a career working with some of the greatest artists of our time, I couldn’t be more energised at the thought of embracing this new venture".
"At a time when we are seeing seismic shifts in the way music is conceived, consumed and engaged with", he goes on, "this feels like the perfect time to apply my experience and insights on behalf of the wider music industry to help them and the artists they represent navigate this exciting new global landscape".