 Ed St John
ARIA Chairman
Ed St John is the President & CEO of Warner Music Australasia, a division of the Warner Music Group. Prior to joining Warner in February 2004, Ed was the Managing Director of BMG Australia for four years, having previously held a number of senior positions within the company since joining in 1998. Ed has also held the position of Director of Marketing at Columbia Records, a division of Sony Music Australia.
Ed's long association with the music industry includes work as a television writer and producer, specialising in music and entertainment-focused programming and as a freelance music writer and contributor to several key books on Australian music.
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 Denis
Handlin, AM
ARIA Board Member
Denis is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of SONY BMG Music Entertainment Australia and New Zealand, having previously held a number of senior positions within Sony Music Entertainment Australia since 1971, including the CEO role since 1984.
Denis' deep involvement in the music industry is reflected in his current position as Chairman of the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA), and his previous experience as Chairman of the ARIA Chart Committee. Denis has also been a Chairman of PPCA and has served on the committees of several industry associations.
In 2005, Denis was named a Member (AM) of the Order of Australia in the General Division for his service to the music industry, particularly through the promotion of Australian musicians, to professional organisations, and to the community through fundraising for charitable organisations. Denis is a co-founder and a Governor of the Sony Foundation which has raised over $6 million in six years for charitable causes. In 2003, he also accepted the invitation to become a patron of Youth Off The Streets charity.
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 George Ash
ARIA Board Member
George Ash is the Managing Director of Universal Music Australia (UMA), a division of the Universal Music Group.
Prior to George's current position with Universal Music Australia, he held positions as Managing Director, Universal Music NZ, Managing Director, MCA Geffen NZ and held key management roles at BMG NZ. George has also held roles in Polygram Manufacturing and in the Retail sector.
George's passion for the music industry began as a musician and has spanned 25 years including holding a variety of roles in key industry bodies within the NZ Industry before relocating to Australia in his current role in 2001 |
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Sebastian Chase
ARIA Board Member
Sebastian, the newest addition to the board, is the founder MGM Distribution, now
Australia’s most diverse distributor of Australian music, working with many indie
artists including John Butler, The Waifs, and The Beautiful Girls. He has played an
integral role in the evolution of Australian music, starting his career by managing
legendary bands such as Rose Tattoo, Dragon and the early days of Cold Chisel.
In the 80s, Sebastian established Chase Records, a pioneer at offering major distribution (via CBS, now Sony BMG) to other independent labels such as Survival Records. From there, he established rooArt Records together with Chris Murphy & Justin Van Stom, leaving in the 90s to become a partner in Phantom Records. He later went on to found the Black Yak label in partnership with Tim Freidman from The Whitlams.
Sebastian has become a key advisor to some of Australia’s most iconic talents and his DIY model is changing the way independent artists bring their music to the fans.
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 Mark Poston
ARIA Board Member
Mark's passion is music - so much so it's likely to be found in his DNA one day. He has worked in music since 1989, in a number of roles from running a record store to working in various roles at labels including Sony and BMG - working with many Australian and International artists and managers. By the time he turned 30 he was Head of Capitol Records at EMI Australia working with artists such as Silverchair, Coldplay, Jet, Keith Urban, Paul Mac, Robbie Williams, The Living End, Kasey Chambers, John Williamson, The Finn Brothers and Gorillaz. In 2005, he was promoted to Director, Global Marketing for EMI based in London. In July 2006, Mark went on to be Director of a new EMI UK frontline label Angel Music Group/Charisma. In August 2008, he returned to Australia as Chairman and Senior Vice President of Marketing for EMI Australasia, based in Sydney.
He never wants to become cynical or jaded, and could do with 30 hours in the day instead of the average 24.
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David Vodicka
ARIA Board Member
David Vodicka is the owner of Rubber Records and the principal of entertainment
law firm Media Arts Lawyers and has had extensive experience with over 15
years practice representing musicians, artists, composers, and recording and
publishing entities. He has dealt in all facets of law affecting the creative
industries, and has had considerable hands on experience in the music recording
and publishing fields as director of independent label, Rubber Records, and music
publisher, Rubber Music Publishing.
He is a passionate advocate for local music and creative industries and presently is chairman of the board of AIR (the Australian Independent Record labels association), Vice President of WIN (Worldwide Independent Network) and MIFF (Melbourne International Film Festival) and is a past board member of ARIA (Australian Recording Industry Association).
He is also director of Screen Services, a company aimed at providing a conduit for non-music businesses (film, TV, advertising, gaming to access music content from Screen Services clients (copyright owners, composers).
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