Merlin Makes The Wright Call
• Merlin, the independent’s digital music licensing partner, is proud to welcome Adam Wright as its new Chief Financial Officer. Wright joins Merlin after three years as Director of Finance for Creative Artists Agency (CAA), overseeing its brand licensing business in Europe, Middle East, and Africa. Wright previously held executive positions at Sony Music Group, responsible for operations across Australia, New Zealand and Singapore; and Cooperative Music, Universal Music Group’s former international licensing and distribution network serving the independent music sector.
Based in the UK, Wright will be a key member of Merlin’s executive management team, a strategic leader throughout the company, and responsible for all of the organization’s financial, treasury, and tax functions on a global basis.
Jeremy Sirota, Merlin CEO, said, “Adam possesses an incredible wealth of experience across music, TV, film, licensing, and consumer brands. I couldn’t be more pleased to welcome him to Merlin in this crucial and strategic role. He is highly respected in his field and brings the right blend of long-term thinking, technical skills, and impressive leadership to benefit Merlin, its members and our partners around the globe.”
Wright remarked, “I’m delighted to take on the role of CFO at Merlin. It’s such a dynamic time for the Merlin organization and the industry as a whole – I’m very excited to have this opportunity to come back to the independent sector where my music industry career first began is especially satisfying.” He continued, “Independents’ passion for music is only matched by their level of innovation and entrepreneurship. It’s a privilege to join Merlin as they continue to deliver on that ethos on behalf of their members and digital partners around the world.”
Merlin’s repertoire of independent music spans tens of thousands of labels and hundreds of thousands of artists from every country in the world, accounting for over 15% of the global music market share.
