Music Leaders Network announces members of first Nordic cohort, Opens Applications for 2025 programme.

24 April 2024

Music Leaders Network, the transformational leadership programme for women* in music, is announcing the members of its first Nordic cohort. 

The Nordic cohort will join a growing network and includes members from FUGA, Roskilde Festival, AGATA and others from Sweden, Denmark, Iceland, Lithuania, Finland and Estonia. 

Co-founders Tamara Gal-On and Remi Harris MBE made the decision to expand the programme with an edition specifically for women* from across the Nordic region, the first international edition of the programme. 

The full list of network members of the Nordic cohort 2024 is as follows:

  • Agnė Begetė – Managing Director of Performer and Neighbouring Rights Association AGATA (Lithuania)
  • Signý Leifsdóttir – Senior Advisor, Iceland Music. Expert In Art & Contemporary Music and Cultural Policy (Iceland)
  • Ania Kasperek – Digital Accounts Strategy Director EMEA, FUGA (Sweden)
  • Mia Ternstrom – Keychange Project Manager, Coordinator Musikcentrum Öst and Performer (Sweden)
  • Ingrid Stroom – Consultant, Thrust Productions (Tour Management and Production Coordinator) (Finland/Estonia)
  • Mika Christoffersen – Head Of DEI & Behaviour, Roskilde Festival (Denmark)
  • Ida-Lee Brandel – Sync Manager/Independent Music Supervisor (Sweden)
  • Ruth Daniel – CEO, In Place of War. Artistic Director. Activist. Change-Maker. Honorary Research Fellow at The University of Manchester. (Iceland/UK)
  • Dina Liberg – Project Manager at The Swedish Society of Composers & Director of shesaid.so Sweden (Sweden)
  • Maiju TalvistoMusic Festival and Artist Relations & Administration Expert, Author, Advisor for Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Board Member (Finland) 

Co-Creators Tamara Gal-On and Remi Harris MBE said: 

“We have always loved working in collaboration with our Nordic music industry colleagues, so focusing the Music Leaders Network programme on the region is a natural move. We’re excited to help forge connections between women in music across the Nordics (and Baltics) and to network them with participants based in the UK. We look forward to our next Nordic group in 2025.”

Applications for the next Nordic Music Leaders Network 2025 are open now.

*Music Leaders Network centres women and is inclusive of people who identify as non-binary or trans.

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FAQs About Nordic Music Leaders Network

When will the Nordic Music Leaders Network be happening in 2025?

The dates for the next Nordic Music Leaders Network is March 2025 - June 2025. Applications are open now. If you are working at a business and would like to have a conversation with us please contact us to book a meeting.

How long is the programme?

It takes 4 months to complete the programme. It includes 2 one-day seminars in-person in London at the start and end of the Programme. It includes 5 individual sessions of executive coaching, regular group sessions (8 x 90-minute sessions) on zoom, small-group learning circles. You can expect to be spending an average of 90 minutes a week on this programme.

What is the fee?

The programme fee for Nordic Music Leaders Network is £6,000 plus your local sales tax which includes 5 sessions of individual coaching, all the resources, videos and materials, 21 hours of face to face group training, learning circles and all admin costs. Bursaries will be provided to assist with costs for self-employed and those employed by charities.

The value it will create for you will be the fantastic results in terms of progressing your goals and getting to where you want to be more quickly and with less effort, giving you the benefit of your full energy and attention back to focus fully on achieving results. Doing less work for more results basically. This has allowed our previous participants to achieve higher incomes, feel more confident, be more effective and deliver their full potential at work.

You can indicate on your application whether your employer has agreed to pay the fee, or you would like bursary assistance.

What should I say to my employer about this programme?

We have some excellent feedback from employers about the additional contribution and changes they have seen in their employees after joining this programme.

We're happy to meet with businesses to talk about how they can invest in their people development through music leaders network. We have a specific information pack for decision makers in HR/People Teams, Learning and Development and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion leads that we can share with you, and you are welcome to send them the link to this page or let us know what you need via our contact form (below).

Who will my coach be on Music Leaders Network?

Your coach will either be Remi Harris or Tamara Gal-On for this programme. Remi and Tamara are both accredited and experienced coaches.

Your coach will be allocated by us at the start of the programme, and you will then book your individual coaching times with them for the full programme.

Who else will be on the programme?

The network will include 11 other women with a minimum of 5 years (up to 25 years+) experience in the music industry who are committed to their development as leaders.

We hope to have a mix of backgrounds and music industry sectors represented.

Previous job titles have included CEO, Managing Director, Marketing Director, Founder, Project Manager, Creative Producer, Booking Agent, Programmer, Artist, Festival Director, Tour Co-ordinator, Artist Manager, Comms Manager, General Manager, Head of Press, Event Manager.

What materials will I receive?

You'll receive handouts for each session. We are working on making these available in a video and audio format, so that you can choose to consume them while commuting, doing bedtime, or if you simply find audio / video an easier format to work with. It's important that you use the materials, so that we can spend more time discussing and implementing in our group sessions than explaining the concepts.

Why is this a programme for women, and what does that mean?

This programme is addressed at women as we know that there is a pay and power deficit for women in the music industry. Music Leaders Network covers leadership topics and personal development that are relevant to any leader. The 2020 and 2021 programmes were commissioned by Brighter Sound as part of their Both Sides Now project which works towards gender equality in the music industry. Remi and Tamara coach people of all identities within their practises. There is some content that is specifically about sex-based (gendered) issues in leadership including Imposter Phenomenon (first identified in high-achieving women academics in the 1970s), how men and women's communication differs in the workplace (the work of Deborah Tannen) and draws on the work of Herminia Ibarra, Robin Ely and colleagues about second generation gender bias and women's leadership identity development. Most of the research underlying this is based on the protected characteristic of sex, as a binary male-female. The program centres the experiences of female leaders. It is open to and welcomes all women, trans women and non-binary people who are comfortable with this approach. Get in touch if you have any further questions.