The Australasian Music Publishers’ Association Limited (AMPAL) has held its Annual General Meeting in Sydney on 13 November.
The results of the election of Directors were declared at the AGM, with Marianna Annas (ABC Music Publishing), Philip Burn (Hal Leonard Australia), Peter Hebbes AM (Hebbes Music Group), Heath Johns (BMG Australia), and Steve McPherson (Hillsong Music Publishing) re-elected to the AMPAL Board. Andrew Jenkins (Universal Music Publishing Group) was newly elected to the Board.
Andrew Jenkins is President, Australia and Asia Pacific Region, for Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG). He is responsible for UMPG’s activities in Australasia, Asia, Africa and the Middle East, as well as for global society and industry matters. He has been responsible for the Australian offices of both BMG Music Publishing and subsequently Universal Music Publishing since 1993.
Nominations had also been received from Bernard Depasquale (Australian Music Examinations Board (AMEB)), Rachel Kelly (Downtown Music Publishing) and Jess Ossington (Audio Network).
Matthew Capper (Warner Chappell Music Australia) was returned as Chair, and Clive Hodson (Perfect Pitch Publishing) as Deputy Chair of the AMPAL Board.
Mr Capper congratulated the re-elected directors and Mr Jenkins, and thanked all of the nominees for standing for election, noting the strong interest in the operations of the association. AMPAL General Manager Matthew O’Sullivan spoke about the organisation’s work throughout the year on behalf of the association's Australian and New Zealand music publisher members and their songwriter and composer partners. Mr Capper and Mr O’Sullivan also thanked retiring AMPAL Board Director, Bob Aird (Universal Music Publishing Group) for his services to the AMPAL Board. Mr Aird was presented with the AMPAL Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music Publishing by the AMPAL Board in September (see the news article here).
AMPAL is the industry association for Australasian music publishers with over 55 members, and is governed by a Board of 15 elected member representatives. The AMPAL Board is elected by the AMPAL membership, and the current Board is shown at: www.ampal.com.au/ampal-board/.
