Alison Donald, world head of inventive at Kobalt, has introduced that she will probably be leaving the corporate on the finish of this month to “pursue different ventures.”
In line with Kobalt, the chief has been a “key driver of tradition” throughout his seven-year tenure on the firm, with expertise signings together with Sam Fender, Cigarettes After Intercourse, Koffee, Gabriels, Jungle, Khruangbin, Rage In opposition to the Machine, The The Final Supper with Tom Odell.
Donald joined Kobalt in 2017 and is liable for A&R and inventive work within the UK and Europe for Kobalt Music Publishing and AWAL’s UK and European inventive groups.
Donald was promoted to world head of inventive simply over a yr in the past, splitting her time between London and Los Angeles.
Donald joins Kobalt from Columbia Information UK, the place she served as co-president.
At Columbia, Donald signed and labored carefully with the likes of George Ezra, Tom Odell, Rag’N’Bone Man, Declan McKenna, and the Civil Warfare Band.
Previous to becoming a member of Columbia in 2011, Donald served as Managing Director of Chrysalis Music Publishing (2000-2010).
She has signed and overseen tasks for bands together with Damon Albarn, Hazard Mouse, The Gossip, Fleet Foxes, Laura Marling, Thom Yorke and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Donald additionally served as Head of A&R for Warner/Chappell Music (1996-2000), the place she signed The Strokes, Gomez and Gregg Alexander.
Previous to that, Donald labored at Capitol/EMI Information for seven years. She started her profession over thirty years in the past at Arista Information.
“Working with the Kobalt workforce and all of the unbelievable artists and writers on the roster has been extremely rewarding, and I am extraordinarily pleased with what we have achieved.”
Alison Donald
“Working with the Kobalt workforce and all of the unbelievable artists and writers on the roster has been extremely rewarding, and I am extraordinarily pleased with what we have achieved,” stated Donald.
“I am unhappy to be leaving two of my buddies in Kobalt and our nice roster, however I am trying ahead to the following chapter.”
“Alison’s ardour for creativity and music is all the time felt all through the group and conjures up our workforce day by day.”
Janet Perez, Corbat
“Alison’s ardour for creativity and music is felt all through the group and conjures up our workforce day by day,” stated Jeannette Perez, president of Kobalt.
“Her apparent power and enthusiasm will probably be missed by everybody at Kobalt. We want her one of the best as she embarks on the following part of her journey.”
Donald was promoted to world head of inventive in March 2023, simply months after former Kobalt chief inventive officer Sas Metcalfe introduced he was leaving the corporate. British senior government Sas Metcalfe turned chief inventive officer (CCO) in 2017.world music enterprise
