Our Governance

Stuart Camp is the founder and owner of Grumpy Old Management Ltd, a not so aptly named artist management company in London. Having cut his teeth in the music industry via ma...

Stuart Camp is the founder and owner of Grumpy Old Management Ltd, a not so aptly named artist management company in London. Having cut his teeth in the music industry via maverick indie label Mushroom/Infectious in the 90's - Stuart went on to Atlantic Records when the former was bought into the music giant and as marketing manager there oversaw campaigns for James Blunt, Paolo Nutini and The Darkness to name a few. 2007 saw Stuart jump from record label to management at the persuasion of James Blunts manager when he joined Elton John's Rocket Music...He continued to work with Mr Blunt and Lily Allen before joining forces with Ed Sheeran in 2010.

Grumpy Old Management Ltd was the next step and, as well as Sheeran, guides the careers of acts such as Maisie Peters, Griff, and Dylan. In 2018 Stuart won the prestigious Manager of the Year at the Music Week awards and was so horrified at getting on a stage that he asked a friend to accept instead.

Gaby Cawthorne is Chief Operating Officer of artist management company, Grumpy Old Management Ltd. Since joining in 2018, both staff and client base have grown exponentially,...

Gaby Cawthorne is Chief Operating Officer of artist management company, Grumpy Old Management Ltd. Since joining in 2018, both staff and client base have grown exponentially, nurturing careers for new and emerging talent. Prior to venturing into artist management, Gaby was VP, International at Warner Music UK where she spent over ten years driving global strategy for artists signed to Warner Records, Parlophone and Atlantic which included all of Ed Sheeran’s record-breaking albums.

Stacey Tang is Co-President of RCA Records UK, one of Sony Music Entertainment’s flagship labels. Stacey served as Executive Vice President of RCA between 2021-2023 and held ...

Stacey Tang is Co-President of RCA Records UK, one of Sony Music Entertainment’s flagship labels. Stacey served as Executive Vice President of RCA between 2021-2023 and held previous roles at Columbia Records and Atlantic Records. Her global marketing expertise has included campaigns for Cat Burns, Myles Smith, Little Mix, Bring Me The Horizon, Miley Cyrus, Calvin Harris, Beyoncé, SZA, Mark Ronson and other artists. Stacey was recognised as the fifth most influential woman on BBC’s Women in Music list in 2018 and named on Billboard’s International power Players list in 2022. Stacey also sits on the board of Sony Music UK’s Social Justice Fund Board and is a member of ESEA (East & Southeast Asian) Music. 

Alec Boateng is a British music executive and President of 0207 Def Jam. Founded in 2020 by twin brothers Alec & Alex Boateng, 0207 Def Jam is a London-born label which e...

Alec Boateng is a British music executive and President of 0207 Def Jam. Founded in 2020 by twin brothers Alec & Alex Boateng, 0207 Def Jam is a London-born label which endeavours to deliver high quality music alongside ground-breaking artist campaigns. 0207 Def Jam is also the UK home of Def Jam Recordings, the American label which has propelled hip hop culture around the world for over 40 years. Prior to founding 0207 Def Jam, Alec held positions at Warner Music and worked as Head of A&R at Atlantic.

Will Ashurst is a British music industry executive with over 30 years’ experience in Business Affairs, commercial strategy and music management. After graduating from Leeds U...

Will Ashurst is a British music industry executive with over 30 years’ experience in Business Affairs, commercial strategy and music management. After graduating from Leeds University with a degree in Law, Will joined EMI Records and has held senior Business Affairs and Commercial positions at EMI, PMI, Central Television Music, Sanctuary/Universal Music Group, and Twenty-First Artists. From 2010 until 2015, Will was employed as Chief Operating Officer of Sir Elton John's management business, Rocket Music. Since 2015, Will has been the Business Manager for Ed Sheeran and his Manager Stuart Camp.

Richard Evans is a Partner and Head of Risk Advisory Services at Crowe UK LLP. As part of his role he leads national and international delivery of Internal Audit, Assurance a...

Richard Evans is a Partner and Head of Risk Advisory Services at Crowe UK LLP. As part of his role he leads national and international delivery of Internal Audit, Assurance and Advisory assignments to the Not for Profit, Commercial and Financial Services.  Richard's work has included undertaking high profile and sensitive governance assignments across the sectors he has been involved with, including the facilitation of process workshops and co-ordinating multi service fraud proactive fraud and reactive investigation services.