On The Move: Raffaella Braun Named President of Triple Tigers as Annie Ortmeier Exits, EMPIRE Adds Two SVPs

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Raffaella Braun has been named President of Triple Tigers Records, while Annie Ortmeier has stepped down as Co-President after roughly three years at the label. Braun was elevated to Co-President earlier this year from VP of Radio Promotion, and has more than 15 years in the industry, including time as a booking agent at CAA. Ortmeier joined Triple Tigers in 2023 alongside Kevin Herring; before that she was Senior VP of Streaming Marketing at UMG and Director of Interactive Marketing at Big Machine Records.

Leesa Brunson-Boland and Bina Fronda have joined EMPIRE's New York office as Senior Vice Presidents, covering A&R Operations and Marketing respectively. Brunson-Boland was most recently Head of A&R Operations at 300 Entertainment, following nearly two decades at Def Jam Recordings, and will manage workflows and cross-team coordination from recording through release. Fronda arrives from Ultra Records, where she was VP of Marketing, and will concentrate on EMPIRE's dance, pop and general-market artists.

Hayley Silvertown has been named Chief Legal and Business Affairs Officer at Create Music Group, based at its Hollywood headquarters. She moves over from Paul Hastings, where she was Of Counsel, and had served as Create's outside counsel for more than three years, working on its acquisitions and its first institutional equity raise. Earlier in her career, she held business affairs roles at ICM and Warner Chappell Music Publishing.

Aleks Ljubojevic and Sophia Simon have joined WME's contemporary music team, announced by Global Head of Music Kirk Sommer. Ljubojevic, formerly an agent at Ace Agency in Amsterdam, is based in London, reports to Stephanie LaFera and is bringing Steve Angello to the roster for European solo representation. Simon, who founded Brazil-focused agency So.Connected in 2024, is based in Spain and reports to Rob Markus.

Elsewhere in the industry…

• Karen Hamilton is now Managing Director of Peermusic Australia after Peermusic acquired Sydney-based 120 Publishing, which she had run as General Manager since 2011.

• Nikki Boon has been promoted to Chief Creative Officer at Neon Coast, extending her creative oversight to the full roster and adding international strategy. She has been with the Nashville company for a decade.

• Marissa Loar has been promoted to VP of Management at SMACK, where she will lead the management division. She started at the company as an intern in 2016 and was previously day-to-day manager for Walker Hayes, Kylie Morgan and Jenna Davis.

• Back Row Music, the Nashville company behind Back Row Publishing, has launched artist management and record label divisions. Michael Kozelj is President and Adam Skuse is CEO, while Chris Koegen (formerly of Amazon and Big Machine) is President of Artist Services and Alexa Fasulo, who previously worked at Republic Records and Live Nation, joins as VP of Artist Development and Marketing.

• Amanda Quinton has brought her artist management roster, which includes Ashley Monroe and Tenille Townes, to mtheory in a new partnership. Her digital marketing company, Quinton Digital, remains independent.

• Joseph Duthie has been promoted to partner at entertainment law firm Rothenberg, Mohr & Binder. He joined in 2021 and advises clients including Gunna, LISA and Marshmello.

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