On The Move: ROSTR Expands Leadership Team, Scooter Braun Steps Down from HYBE Board

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ROSTR has added two hires to its leadership team. Jess O'Donnell joins as Head of Growth and Partnerships after seven years on Apple's Growth Marketing team. Santiago Restrepo Abisambra comes on as Head of Latin America, arriving from Spanish promoter Last Tour America (the company behind festivals like Ondas and BIME), with earlier A&R experience covering the Andean and Caribbean region at ONErpm. Both report to Chief Growth Officer Vivian Wang Donohue.

Scooter Braun has exited HYBE's board, per the company's Q1 2026 report, though he'll stay on as an advisor. He originally joined the board in 2021 when HYBE bought Ithaca Holdings (bringing Bieber and Ariana Grande along), later ran HYBE America as CEO, and stepped down from that post in 2025.

Jonathan Shank takes on the newly created SVP of Global Programming role at Live Nation, focused on family entertainment and immersive live formats, reporting to Omar Al-Joulani. He's kept his post as CEO of Terrapin Station Entertainment and will run both simultaneously.

Logan Light has joined Warner Music Group as Chief of Staff to CEO Robert Kyncl, based in New York. He previously worked at Take-Two Interactive and Bain & Company, and holds an MBA from Chicago Booth plus a JD from NYU.

Suno has brought on two senior execs: Grace James as VP and Head of Artist Marketing and Editorial, with a résumé spanning Atlantic, Roc Nation and TIDAL and Christian Bowne as Head of Music Business Development, after 16 years at YouTube working on label partnerships.

Spinnin' Records made two internal promotions: Marco Pantuso steps up to General Manager after more than a decade at Warner Music (reporting to Niels Walboomers), and Frederick Pranger takes over global A&R after four years at the label.

Elsewhere in the industry…

• Jacqui Harris was named Managing Director of Superstruct Entertainment, coming from 18 years at AEG Presents UK.

• Crossroads named Scott Wagner President/CEO and Jon Weisberger Chairman, following founder Mickey Gamble's death.

• Brian Swanson joined Universal Attractions Agency's rock & pop division, the second agent hire there this month.

• Nils Wasko takes over as Head of International Label Management at Frontiers Label Group after 27 years at AFM Records.

• Harmen Hemminga joins Merlin as VP of Business Development, arriving from Downtown Music/FUGA.

• Duncan Smith joins booking agency ROAM as a senior agent, bringing artists like MJ Lenderman and Wednesday.

• Kevin Herring is stepping down as Co-President of Triple Tigers Records to become a strategic advisor, ahead of his planned retirement.

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