2008 APRA and AMCOS Annual General Meetings
Monday, 1 December 2008
Leading screen and classical composer Nigel Westlake has been elected as a writer director to the APRA Board. With a career spanning three decades, Mr Westlake has composed works for the screen (Miss Potter, Babe) and the concert hall; and has received many awards for his work including 14 APRA Awards in both Classical and Screen categories.
At the APRA Annual General Meeting held on Friday 28 November, two retiring* APRA Board directors John Anderson (EMI Music Publishing Group) and Eric McCusker (Writer Director) decided to stand for re-election and were returned. Classical composer Dr Richard Meale MBE AM retired from the Board after 22 years of service.
Iconic Australian music publisher, J. Albert & Son has continued its long tradition of representation on the AMCOS Board with the election of Tim Prescott. Mr Prescott was elected as Corporate Representative of J. Albert & Son, replacing Fifa Riccobono who has served on the AMCOS Board for thirteen years. Also retiring* from the AMCOS Board were Bob Aird (Universal Music Publishing), Matthew Capper (Warner/Chappell Music Australia) and Damian Trotter (Sony/ATV Music Publishing) who decided to stand for re-election and were returned.
At the APRA and AMCOS Annual General Meetings – held on Friday 28 November at APRA|AMCOS Head Office in St Leonards, NSW – CEO Brett Cottle also reported on the financial results for the two organisations. For the financial year ending 30 June 2008, Mr Cottle highlighted:
- Record revenue: surpassed $200m
- World best practice expense to revenue ratio: 12.13%
*Both APRA and AMCOS Board Directors serve three successive annual year terms in office.
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