Mike Allen joins Connected

Management firm Connected have announced that former major label man Mike Allen has joined then in an international marketing role. In a long career in the music business Allen has had various marketing and label management roles around the world, most recently for EMI. More recently he has been providing his expertise on a consultancy basis, and will now bring his globally-focused marketing knowledge to the Connected team, working with the agency's roster of artists as well as clients of Connected's sister company, legal and finance consultancy Sound Advice.