Presidential Powers For BMG’s Heath Johns
Johns was BMG’s first employee in Australia when the company launched in the country in 2016. The company now has a staff of 28 and represents artists and songwriters including Dope Lemon, Peking Duk, Chet Faker, Dune Rats, Tim Minchin, Angus and Julia Stone, Crowded House, JET, Pacific Avenue, KWAME, Cut Copy, CHAII, Ladyhawke, Wolfmother, Winston Surfshirt, Tyron Hapi and Alison Wonderland.
Under Johns’ leadership, BMG was named by the Australian Financial Review in 2021 as one of Australia’s most innovative companies, and in 2022 one of Australia’s best places to work. Johns was awarded the Newton-John medal in 2020 by the University of Newcastle for extraordinary services to the Arts and led an Australian-first scholarship program between the UoN and BMG to create meaningful music industry pathways for First Nations students.
Johns remarked, “I remain grateful for the opportunity to launch the Sydney office of this incredible company back in early 2016. BMG’s globally renowned service-based approach was the perfect platform to build upon in a region where we’ve consistently executed world-class creativity and innovation to take our artists to the world. I’m humbled by this promotion and proud to be part of a very special team of people at BMG in Australia and the world who continue to inspire me.” [Photo (c) Jodie Feld]