David Joseph

Chairman and CEO, Universal Music UK

David Joseph is chairman and chief executive officer of Universal Music UK, overseeing all divisions of the UK’s leading music company including labels Island, Polydor, Decca and Virgin EMI, home to The Rolling Stones, Take That and U2, plus the world’s most famous recording studio, Abbey Road. Joseph was head of artist development at RCA Records where he worked with artists including Kylie Minogue, Take That and Annie Lennox. In 1998, he joined Universal Music as general manager of the company’s Polydor label. As a former chairman of the BRITs Committee, which oversees the BRIT Awards, he instigated an overhaul of the awards which culminated in the 2011 show attracting its biggest TV audience since 2005. Joseph is arguably one of the most powerful figures in the British music industry.

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