Robinson Joins Virgin Music Group In EVP Role
• Virgin Music Group announced the appointment of Mark Robinson as Executive Vice President, Global Business and Legal Affairs. In this newly created role and as part of Virgin’s senior leadership team, Robinson will coordinate the company’s global business affairs and corporate strategy, acting as a resource for dealmakers across the world to facilitate best practices and help to create the most impactful partnerships possible.
Robinson joins Virgin Music Group from Paramount Global, where he oversaw music business affairs and legal strategy for MTV, CBS, BET, Nickelodeon, CMT, Showtime, and Paramount+. Prior to that, he served as General Counsel and Partner, Business & Legal Affairs at 300 Entertainment. Robinson earlier held a similar role as General Counsel at BMG NA, and served for almost a decade in Business Affairs at Warner Music Group.
“Over the 30 years he has spent in our business, Mark has built a reputation as a savvy dealmaker across recorded music, music publishing, television and more,” said Nat Pastor, Co-CEO of Virgin Music Group. “This is a key hire for us as we continue to grow Virgin’s client base around the world through innovative dealmaking.”
Robinson will be based in New York City and will report directly to Pastor and Co-CEO JT Myers. “I’m thrilled to re-unite with Nat and JT, who I worked with previously and deeply respect,” Robinson said. “Virgin is building a next generation music company, and I’m looking forward to working with their world-class team on the wide variety of exciting global deals they have in the pipeline.” [Photo by Jordan Strauss]
