Montello to lead AIM

The Association of Independent Music’s (AIM) next CEO is SILVIA MONTELLO. She will take over from PAUL PACIFICO in January.

Currently CEO of the Association for Electronic Music, Montello formerly held senior positions at Universal Music Group, BMG and AWAL. She founded music business Voicebox Consulting and co-founded #remarQab, an electronic music-focused label services and publishing company supporting new talent from under-represented backgrounds.

She is currently a Help Musicians trustee, Chair of Music Minds Matter and sits on the advisor board of Moving The Needle, an educational platform supporting women in the record industry.

Montello said she is “honoured to continue spearheading the great work AIM has done since its inception to support and champion the UK’s independent music community.”

“Our industry is evolving at an ever-increasing pace, that evolution bringing with it both fresh opportunities around music consumption and creation, audience development, new technology solutions, alongside existing and future challenges for our community to work together to overcome.”