ATC Group – A prominent independent music company

Adam Driscoll

CEO

Adam has a wealth of experience running and managing music and entertainment related businesses, both public and private. He acquired his first business in 1994, floating it as A4 Holdings plc on OFEX in 1996.

He founded and floated channelfly.com plc on AIM in 1999. Following a management buy-out in 2003 the company returned to AIM in 2005 as MAMA Group with Adam as Co-CEO. The company grew to become a leading music business before being sold to HMV Group in 2010.

Adam served on the boards of Chrysalis PLC and Pulse Films Limited and more recently has led a number of other businesses including Vision Nine and Punchdrunk.

Brian Message

Executive Co-Chair
Co-Founder

Brian has worked in the music industry for over 25 years having originally trained and qualified as a chartered accountant. Brian worked at EMI, and then Courtyard management which manages Radiohead.

He set up the Group’s artist management business in 2001 with Craig Newman and remains co-manager on several of ATC Management’s artists including Nick Cave, Johnny Marr and PJ Harvey. In addition, he oversees the Group’s Polyphonic business and established Driift with Ric Salmon in 2020.

Outside of the Group, he is Chairman of fashion house, the ‘Vampires Wife’, and Chairman of the ACES multi-academy trust.

Craig Newman

Executive Co-Chair
Co-Founder

Craig has over 30 years of experience in the music industry. He founded ATC originally as A Ticketing Company in 1996. He was co-manager of several ATC Management artists and also a partner in Courtyard management alongside Brian Message. Craig established the Group’s North American business in 2013 and continues to play an active role in the Group’s US operations.

Andy Glover

Senior Independent NED

Andy qualified as a chartered accountant and spent 12 years at PwC before joining Wagon plc as group chief accountant for two years. He was as an audit partner with Ernst & Young from 1996 to 2018. He handled an extensive portfolio of middle market clients, including some in the music industry, all undergoing significant change and was EY’s most experienced mid-market audit partner in London.

From 2007 to 2015, Andy chaired EY’s mid-market non-executive director program. He also presented on the Financial Times NED program during this time and has extensive experience of working with audit committees and Boards. Andy is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Rameses Villanueva

CFO

Rameses has extensive experience in senior finance roles across the globe. Most recently he held the position of Group CFO at classical music label Naxos Music Group for c.14 years and was a Director of its US-based subsidiary, North America Classical Company, Inc., concurrently for the last four. Previously, Rameses was Group Senior Vice-President for Finance at the SgT Group of Companies from 2006 to 2008, following a five year period in the role of Vice President for Finance & Admin at Paragon Travel Limited. Rameses qualified as a Certified Public Accountant in 1994 and a Certified Management Accountant in 2005. He holds an MBA from the Ateneo Graduate School of Business.