Alison Donald, Kobalt’s Head of World Artistic, has introduced she shall be leaving the corporate on the finish of the month to “pursue different endeavors”.
In accordance with Kobalt, the exec has been a “key driver of tradition” throughout her seven-year tenure on the firm, signing expertise similar to Sam Fender, Cigarettes After Intercourse, Koffee, Gabriels, Jungle, Khruangbin, Rage Towards the Machine, The Final Dinner Occasion and Tom Odell.
Donald joined Kobalt in 2017, overseeing A&R and artistic within the UK and Europe for each Kobalt Music Publishing and AWAL’s UK and Europe inventive groups.
Donald was promoted to Head of World Artistic simply over a 12 months in the past, dividing her time between London and Los Angeles.
Donald joined Kobalt from Columbia Information UK, the place she was 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 Wars.
Earlier than becoming a member of Columbia in 2011, Donald was MD at Chrysalis Music Publishing (2000-2010).
She signed and oversaw initiatives by the likes of Damon Albarn, Hazard Mouse, The Gossip, Fleet Foxes, Laura Marling, Thom Yorke and Yeah Yeah Yeahs. Donald was additionally Head of A&R at Warner/Chappell Music (1996-2000), the place she signed The Strokes, Gomez, Gregg Alexander.
Earlier than that, Donald labored for Capitol/EMI Information for seven years. She started her profession over three many years in the past at Arista Information.
“Working with the staff at Kobalt and all the unimaginable artists and writers on the roster has been very rewarding, I’m extraordinarily happy with what we’ve all achieved.”
Alison Donald
“Working with the staff at Kobalt and all the unimaginable artists and writers on the roster has been very rewarding, I’m extraordinarily happy with what we’ve all achieved,” mentioned Donald.
“I’m unhappy to be leaving each my pals at Kobalt and our fantastic roster however I’m trying ahead to the subsequent chapter.”
“Alison’s fervor for creativity and music have all the time been felt all through the whole group, inspiring our groups on daily basis.”
Jeannette Perez, Kobalt
“Alison’s fervor for creativity and music have all the time been felt all through the whole group, inspiring our groups on daily basis,” mentioned Kobalt President, Jeannette Perez.
“Her palpable vitality and enthusiasm shall be missed by everybody at Kobalt. We want her all the finest as she embarks on her subsequent journey.”
Donald’s promotion to Head of World Artistic in March 2023 arrived a few months after Kobalt’s former Chief Artistic Officer, Sas Metcalfe, introduced her departure from the corporate. British exec Sas Metcalfe stepped as much as the Chief Artistic Officer (CCO) position in 2017.Music Enterprise Worldwide
