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Where are you based?
Ramsgate

How long have you worked in Management?
4 and a half years

Who do you manage now?
ARXX, Ezra Willims, superserious, Ferguson

Where did you find your first client and what inspired you to take them on?
I met ARXX in the Spotify lounge at The Great Escape when I was working there. We stayed in touch over the years and they sent me some songs when I announced I was starting my own thing, and they were bangers.

The team then was just the band, so we started a fortnightly catch up about industry things, and quite quickly it became the meeting I most looked forward to. A few months later, they popped the question and I was delighted to say yes and become their manager. A few things inspired me to take them on, but the single most important factor was how much fun we were having. A shared sense of humour is a very underrated aspect of a good working relationship.

What does a good/bad day at work look like for you?
The good days are often centred around new music, and that feeling of having a secret you get when you hear something great before anyone else.

I find the really good days involve calls and meetings with artists, rather than about them. I don’t live locally to my acts, so getting together in person is something to look forward to.

The great days are often show days- seeing people respond to music in real time is such an important reminder of why we do it and why we love it.

The bad days are the ones where you sit typing away from 9 until 7 without looking up, and feel like you’ve got nowhere and done nothing at the end of it.

The really bad days are when you have a few of those in a row.

What has been the highlight of your management career to date?
Watching ARXX’s dreams come true at Glastonbury last year, and being named as part of the Accelerator programme this year.

What do you think are the big challenges for a manager in 2025?
Being personally ambitious feels a bit cringe to me, but being ambitious for my artists is the absolute least they deserve. I’m a realist by nature, and I think I can be guilty of spending as much time managing expectations as I do meeting and exceeding them.

Being a manager is often described as a “thankless job”, so working with artists who recognise your work and say thank you often is one way to make it easier.

What music are you currently listening to?
I’m obsessed with ‘rockin’ roll’ band Twisted Teens from New Orleans. MT Hadley’s new album ‘Make Room for Happiness’ is a bit of a masterpiece, and I listen to Finnish alt popstar Vesta more than any other artist.

Why would you recommend the MMF?
There’s room for all of us to succeed, and the willingness of other managers to share knowledge, contacts and ideas is very heartening. I think being part of the MMF has made me a better and more confident manager, and the more willing you are to ask for help, the more of it you might receive.

What did you gain from the Accelerator Programme?
I don’t think I’ve ever considered my own career as something on its own, separate from the careers of the artists I work with, but the Accelerator Programme has given me a new perspective on things.