Mentors
At Keychange, we believe mentorship is a powerful tool for empowering gender-diverse individuals facing barriers. By connecting underrepresented talent with industry leaders, mentorship fosters growth, builds confidence, and creates opportunities that help level the playing field.
Between 2020 and 2023, we partnered with shesaid.so to deliver the we.grow mentoring programme, a key element of the mentorship dimension in our Keychange 2.0 phase. In 2024, thanks to FACTOR, SOCAN, and PRS Foundation, we extended mentorship to nine Canadian participants, further expanding our impact.
We are deeply grateful to all the incredible mentors who have shared their expertise and passion with our participants over the years. Explore the full list of these inspiring individuals below.
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Alix Hammond-Merchant / Director, Manager / Naff
Amandah Wilkinson / Musician, Artist Development / AMUNDA
Amy Fitz Doyley / Artist, Mentor, Teacher / Freelance
Ana Quiroga / Musician, Producer, Sound Designer, Audio Coordinator / Company 3
Ana Rita Costa / DJ, Producer / Freelance
Anca Lupes / President / RAW Music
Andrea Dee / CEO / Amplify Her
Angelique Mark / Road Manager, Tour Manager / Freelance
Anna von Raison / Artist, Composer, Pianist, Producer
Annika Walsh / International Music Strategy, Head of Markets / Spotify
Antonio Martinez / Managing Director / Endirecto GmbH
Arielle Fischer / Product Manager / Native Instruments
Atena Banisaid / Senior A&R Manager / Sony Music Publishing Scandinavia
Bas Grasmayer / Web3 / COLORSxSTUDIOS
Brian Scally / CEO / Paragon Records & Milestone Music Management
Bronya Francis / Senior Marketing Manager / Supernature
Carolin Schwarz / Freelance Consultant, Press, Founder / MUSICSPOTS
Cath Hurley / Co-founder & Head of Skills & Development, Artist Manager / Future Yard CIC / mostdeffo
Cecilia Pietrzko / Music Publisher & Supervisor / Grown Kid
Cecilia Sanchietti / Musician, Teacher, Mentor / Improve, Jazz Mine
Cori Chinnici / Digital Client Relations Manager / BMAT
Dan Garber / Artist, Producer Manager / Tape Music Co
David Boyle / Director / Audience Strategies
Dora Limfer / Artist Manager
Eliza Shaddad / Musician, Songwriter / Eliza Shaddad
Emanuela Virago / Managing Director / Home Festival SRL
Evangeline Grain / Senior Dance Marketing Manager / FFRR & Parlophone Records, Warner Music UK
Flora Garnier / Consultant International Development, Artist Manager
Georgia Taglietti / CEO & Founder / IGNAC
Hannah Beeching / Senior Global Music Programs Manager / Spotify
Ineke Daans / Head of [PIAS] Brand Communications / [PIAS]
Jeanny Ricci / Creative Director / Sound Visionary
Jeff Beaulieu / Founder / Hopeful Tragedy Records
John Glennon / Company Director / Jaw Dropper Music
Julie Weir / Label Director / Music for Nations - Sony Music
Karma Bertelsen / Senior Marketing Strategy Manager / FUGA
Kathryn Waugh / Founder, Entrepreneur / Music Matters
Kerry Harvey-Piper / Co-Founder / Red Grape Music Ltd
Laura Leon / Artist Manager, Session Vocalist / LL Collective Management
Leslie Rosales / Marketing Director, Artist Manager / High Standardz
Lisa Youngin / Head of Digital / TaP Music
Mandy Salem-Aubry / Consulting and Mentorship in the music business / Mandy Salem-Aubry Music Services
Maria Gironas / Founder / Cool Shit, Cool People
Mariana Bessa / CEO / Tantas Vozes, Núcleo Artístico
Meike Nolte / Global Development Business Manager / b:electronic @ Believe
Melissa Garcia / Artist Manager / Collective Management Inc.
Mette Johnsen Slot / Creative Producer / Freelance
Michalina (Misia) Furtak / Self Managed Artist, Chapter Director for MDE Poland / Wytfur
Nika Brunet Milunovic / Project Manager, Event Manager / Heartlee GmbH, MetalDays Festival
Patricia Odje / Head of Marketing / DLT (DaysLikeThis) Brunch
Patricia (Pat) Quinteiro Santiso / PR Press & Communications Manager / Pat Comunicaciones
Peter Meanwell / Artistic Director, Creative Director / Borealis, Reduced Listening Ltd
Piers Henwood / Co-Founder, Manager / Amelia Artists
Richard Hannan / Director / Big Indie
Ruth Emery / Founder, Director / Yes Please
Sam Lee / Artist, Promoter, Producer / The Nest Collective
Samanth Juneman / SVP, Head of Marketing and Services / ADA, Warner Music Group
Sandra Abrantes / Senior Agent day-to-day, Booker / Primary Talent International
Sarah Anna Psalti Helbig / Songwriter, Digital Marketing Consultant / HF Consultancy
Snow Duevski / Senior Partnerships Manager / FeedForward AI
Sofie Søndervik Sæther / Program Director / Jeunesses Musicales
Sophie Smith / Content and Partnerships / Cactus City Studio
Suki Pardesi / Promotion Consultant / Celebtronic International Promotion
Tineke Codron / Freelance Project and Production Manager / Square 1 Support
Vanessa Bakewell / Global Client Partner / Meta
Verena Bößmann / Owner, Head of Publishing & Artist Management / Dunstan Music, Dunstan Media
Yasemin Kosereisoglu / Head of Client Relations & Creative Production / Beatport
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Jonathan Campbell / Head of Outreach & Strategic Initiatives / Small World Music
Mette Johnsen / Independent Creative Producer
Ievgeniia Ivanova / Digital Marketing Manager
Nina Rabe-Cairns / Country Manager, AUNZ / Ingrooves Music Group (part of UMG)
Bryan Johnson / Head of Artist & Industry Partnerships, International / Spotify, session musician
Chris Carey / Head of International Marketing / TicketSwap
Mark Adams / Chief Executive Officer / Blinding Talent Limited
Lara Baker / Director of Business Development / Songtrust
Dewayne Ector / Chief Revenue Officer / Downtown Music Holdings
Farah Syed / Manager, PR and Industry Relations / Beatport
Karolien Mazereeuw / Head of Synch Benelux / Sony Music Publishing
Gill Dooley / Artist Manager & Music Consultant / Self employed
Carly Rockett / Head of Ticketing & Operations / Communion Presents
Bethan Elfyn / BBC Music Producer / BBC
Elsa Bahamonde / Global Head of Artist Services / Believe
Tessa Nijdam / Managing director / Freelance Creative Consultant
Clémence aka Cleo T. LEAUTE / independant artist / composter / musician
Claudia Pereira / Director / Somos Fuego
Patricia Kopetzky / Senior Project Manager ANCHOR Reeperbahn Festival International Music Award / Inferno Events GmbH & CO KG
Mariana Moore Matos / Global Music Project Manager / Red Bull (HQ), Very Tall UK (global Projects), my own Music ‘Wherever She Goes’
Laurie Brescoll / Native Instruments
Geoff Langston / Founder / GLAM.RED
Eric Mackay / EVP, Global Digital Strategy / Warner Chappell Music Publishing
Jen Florez / Director, A&R/Business Development / Wixen Music Publishing, Inc.
Nicola Kearey / Artist, Label Co-Owner / Stick In The Wheel, From Here Records
Adele Halten / Concert harpist, music and language pedagog and manifester
Eliza Marshall / Professional flautist / Flute player at The Lion King in London, on many film soundtracks, folk band Ranagri, touring and recording with Peter Gabriel, Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder etc.
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Jonathan Campbell / Head of Outreach & Strategic Initiatives / Small World Music
Mette Johnsen / Independent Creative Producer
Ievgeniia Ivanova / Digital Marketing Manager
Nina Rabe-Cairns / Country Manager, AUNZ / Ingrooves Music Group (part of UMG)
Bryan Johnson / Head of Artist & Industry Partnerships, International / Spotify, session musician
Chris Carey / Head of International Marketing / TicketSwap
Mark Adams / Chief Executive Officer / Blinding Talent Limited
Lara Baker / Director of Business Development / Songtrust
Dewayne Ector / Chief Revenue Officer / Downtown Music Holdings
Farah Syed / Manager, PR and Industry Relations / Beatport
Karolien Mazereeuw / Head of Synch Benelux / Sony Music Publishing
Gill Dooley / Artist Manager & Music Consultant / Self employed
Carly Rockett / Head of Ticketing & Operations / Communion Presents
Bethan Elfyn / BBC Music Producer / BBC
Elsa Bahamonde / Global Head of Artist Services / Believe
Tessa Nijdam / Managing director / Freelance Creative Consultant
Clémence aka Cleo T. LEAUTE / independant artist / composter / musician
Claudia Pereira / Director / Somos Fuego
Patricia Kopetzky / Senior Project Manager ANCHOR Reeperbahn Festival International Music Award / Inferno Events GmbH & CO KG
Mariana Moore Matos / Global Music Project Manager / Red Bull (HQ), Very Tall UK (global Projects), my own Music ‘Wherever She Goes’
Laurie Brescoll / Native Instruments
Geoff Langston / Founder / GLAM.RED
Eric Mackay / EVP, Global Digital Strategy / Warner Chappell Music Publishing
Jen Florez / Director, A&R/Business Development / Wixen Music Publishing, Inc.
Nicola Kearey / Artist, Label Co-Owner / Stick In The Wheel, From Here Records
Adele Halten / Concert harpist, music and language pedagog and manifester
Eliza Marshall / Professional flautist / Flute player at The Lion King in London, on many film soundtracks, folk band Ranagri, touring and recording with Peter Gabriel, Paul McCartney, Stevie Wonder etc.
Gudrun Björk Bjarnadottir / CEO / STEF
Sónia Silvestre / Journalist and Artist Manager / Teacher at ETIC and ProDJ, Interviews with artists and music industry professionals for ProDJ, Artist Management for DIANNA
Laetitia Deering / Artist Agent and Manager / Annex Agency
Rosana Corbacho / Music Industry Psychologist / M.I. Therapy
Géraldine Zanaska / Founder and CEO, Compass Music
Lauren Rozwadowski / Music Industry Coach & Consultant / Courage Core
Raffaela Travisano / Partner/founder / Surya Musica Srl
Jess Bartlet / Songwriter/Producer/Mix-Engineer / Island Fox
Kelly George / Musician / Creative Director/Founder of KYB Studios, Freelance Graphic Designer/Photographer at Zimboy Visuals
Luciana Balbi / Social Communicator/Journalist - Marketing - Event Producer / Waanamusic
J. Charmain Elliott / International Performing and Recording Artist, Songwriter, Vocal Trainer, Artist Developer
Fiona Lennon / IBM consultancy/life coach/musician
Andrew Shapiro / Composer, Music Publisher, Performer / Airbox Music Publishing LLC (founder, est 2003)
Marque Gilmore / Musician, Artist, Producer / Musical/Creative Director KULT-U-REAL, Freelance Musician/Music-Producer
Sue Hibberd / Topliner/Singer/Songwriter/Backing Vocalist/Vocal Arranger/Production / Suzanna Dee Music
Lizzie Weber / Artist/Producer
Ibone Iza / Content Manager
Andrea Burgoyne / Manager, Venue Bookings & Special Projects / True North Sports + Entertainment
Celine Garcia / Project Manager and Publisher / DO Publishing & Puppet Master Label
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Jess Partridge / Editor, Project Management, Funding / London in Stereo
Laura Kriefman / Director, Producer and Artist / Hellion Trace
Kat Kennedy / Management - artists and producers
Rebecca Szymkow / Agent, Management
Merli Antsmaa / Arts Manager / A-Tiim
Cora Novoa / Music Composer, DJ and Creative Director/Founder of SEEKING THE VELVET
Almudena Palacios / Production Assistant in Music & Cultural Projects, Co-founder and Coordinator of ¡Queremos Entrar!
Brigitte Laverne
Mari Kalkun
Raffaela Travisano / Digital Distribution (Believe, Germany, Italy) and as Labelmanager (More Music Italy) and owner (Surya Musica 5 Platinum records)
Laura Gertken / Gurr
Laura Dath-Lienenkämper
Nyah Clarke
Elísa Einarsdóttir / Musician / KRIA
Hildur Kristin Stefansdottir / Pop Artist and Songwriter
Amanda Elefelt / PR, Label, Management
Anaïs Kane / Performer and Writer
Anna Giulia / Musician and Writer
Dana Beeler / Performer, Band Manager (self managed), Writer, Project Manager for Conferences and Festivals
Dorota Kuszewska / Writer, Composer, Performer
Emma Daman Thomas / Musician, Songwriter, Performer
Ievgeniia Ivanova / Digital Distribution and Music Marketing
iskwē / Artist, Performer
Katie Tavini / Masterin
Kine Granholt Lundervold / Booking, Project (org.) Development with Social Profile
Lina Burghausen / Music Promoter, Blogger, Music Journalist
Maarja Merivoo-Parro / Writing, Producing, Editing, DJ-ing, Hosting Shows
Magda Chołyst / Artist coaching, Education (workshop, designing development programs), Process Design
Mar Sellars / Management, Grant Writer, Booking, Accounting
Natalia San Juan / Management, Booking , CEO Startup
Rebecca Tegegne / Project Manager
Sara Parkman / Performer, Composer, Artist, Activist
Shauna Watson / Record Label, Music Festival, Booking for an Acoustic Music Night
Mirca Lotz / Manager
Camilla Stones