Carletta Higginson

Chief digital officer/executive vp

Masha Osherova

Chief people officer/executive vp

Janelle Curtis

Chief enterprise transformation officer

Addie Adeniran

Senior vp of people team

Jessica Goldenberg

Senior vp of digital strategy and business development

Bernadette Rotolo

Senior vp of global tech enablement

Last year was one of transformation for WMG. Under the leadership of new chairman/CEO Robert Kyncl, the company formed a joint venture with 10K Projects, raised its market share in publishing, renegotiated a new deal with TikTok and created novel artificial intelligence (AI) partnerships with YouTube, Endel and Edith Piaf’s estate. Osherova says the new CEO appointment was also an opportunity to expand the executive leadership team altogether. “We now have a wider variety of perspectives from leaders in recorded music, publishing and corporate,” she says. Featuring a number of powerful women in its top ranks, Osherova says, WMG leadership is “bringing in people with new ideas and encouraging longtime executives to lean in through fresh roles, responsibilities and team structures.”

Richelle Parham

President of global e-commerce and business development

Erika Begun

Executive vp/head of investor relations

Susan Mazo

Executive vp of corporate social responsibility, events and special projects

Kristen Bender

Senior vp of digital innovation strategy and business development

Amy Isbell

Senior vp of public policy and government relations

Gabriela Lopes

Senior vp of global insights

UMG launched its inaugural Music + Health Summit in September, “which was the first time the music industry brought together scientists, entrepreneurs and medical experts to advance the role music can play in treating a range of conditions from brain injuries, strokes, depression, anxiety and more,” Mazo says. The company also doubled down on its commitment to reducing its environmental impact, celebrating boygenius with the Universal Music Group x Reverb Amplifier Award in January for the trio’s work on that concern, after honoring Billie Eilish the year before. “These artists are not only inspiring their fans to promote positive change,” Mazo adds, “but us as well, and have played a role in our commitment to reduce our overall environmental impact.”

Tiffany R. Warren

Chief diversity and inclusion officer/executive vp

Towalame Austin

Executive vp of philanthropy and social impact

Julie Swidler

Executive vp of business affairs/general counsel

Melissa Thomas

Executive vp of international marketing

Angela Lopes

Senior vp of strategy and investments

Susan Moultrie

Senior vp of artist initiatives and business administration

Sony’s female stars “achieved feats on a global level” throughout 2023, Thomas says, pointing to international hits for SZA, Doja Cat, Miley Cyrus, Tate McRae, Tyla and more. Sony has also continued “to bring new and innovative companies led by a diverse set of entrepreneurs into the Sony Music ecosystem, from growing our live and experiential business with Proactiv from Spain to exploring superfan experiences with social platform Fave,” according to Lopes. And on top of that, Austin notes that Sony “committed millions of dollars to more than 200 organizations worldwide” as part of a coordinated effort to support corporate social responsibility, COVID-19 relief and global social justice.