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Universal Music NZ chairman and managing director Adam Holt is calling it a day.
The veteran executive will retire with effect from April 30, following 34 years with the company, the last 24 of those at the helm.
Then, a leadership team of UMNZ stalwarts Myra Hemara and Matt Kidd will take the reins as co-managing directors from the following day, May 1. Both will report to Sean Warner, Sydney-based president and CEO of Universal Music Australia & New Zealand.
“Leading the New Zealand company for UMG has been the experience of my life,” comments Holt. “I am immensely proud of what we have achieved and the challenges we have successfully navigated over the years, but it’s time for me and the company to start the next chapter.”
Holt gives a shout to to Universal Music Group CEO Lucian Grainge and Warner “for trusting me with UMNZ for so long, and a huge thank you to the entire Universal Music team across New Zealand and Australia. You are an amazing group of people and I will miss you immensely.”
Sean Warner
Most importantly, he adds, “thank you to all the artists I have had the honour to serve in my time at Universal. I remain in complete awe of you all.”
Hemara joined UMNZ in 2006, helping to establish the business’ digital department and strategy. Later, in 2017, she was promoted to general manager, taking on the additional responsibilities of leading the major music company’s international artist marketing and audience development teams.
Kidd has racked up 12 years with UMNZ. He began his label career in promotions and public relations, before taking the lead on UMNZ’s domestic repertoire and business development teams.
Since 2017, his focus in his post as general manager has been on exporting New Zealand talent globally.
“Adam’s commitment to our company, our artists, our people, and the greater New Zealand music industry has been nothing short of exemplary,” says Warner of the outgoing exec. “Throughout his tenure he consistently promoted a positive culture of both UMNZ and UMA garnering him enormous respect from both employees and artists alike.”
Holt, he adds, “is a passionate music man, caring mentor and consummate professional, who led from the front and made lifelong friends across the UMG, the artist community artists and with our partners around the world.”
UMNZ, a division of UMG, boasts an artist roster that includes Lorde, Crowded House, Six60, Benee, Drax Project, Marlon Williams, The Naked and Famous, and more.
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