Who’s on the mysterious PledgeMusic board of directors? These guys.
Earlier this week, the PledgeMusic board of directors broke its silence with a terse statement on the PledgeMusic site. The statement emerged as investigations and potentially criminal charges loom, depending on the severity of what occurred prior to PledgeMusic’s bankruptcy.
The statement offered no assurances that artists or funders would be paid or reimbursed. Artists were encouraged to download all of their materials previously uploaded to the site.
Initially, top executives at the company were blamed for the sordid situation that featured frozen funds, outright lying to artists and their backers, and disastrous crowdfunding campaigns. But separate sources to Digital Music News have also been pointing the finger at the company’s board for creating a company potentially guilty of financial fraud, embezzlement, and other malfeasance.
But who’s on this mysterious board? On that note, one source pointed DMN to a recent filing with the UK Companies House, which lists all of the company’s directors — past and present.
All of this information is publicly available.
Present (Active) Directors.
5 current officers
IENNER, Donald
Correspondence address: 22 Endell Street, London, WC2H 9AD
Role: ACTIVE
Director
Date of birth: October 1951
Appointed on: 8 June 2017
Nationality: American
Country of residence: United States
Occupation: Investor
RIEGER, Russell
Correspondence address: Magna, 40 Wall Street, Floor 58, New York, United States, 10005
Role: ACTIVE
Director
Date of birth: May 1959
Appointed on: 14 January 2015
Nationality: American
Country of residence: United States Of American/New York
Occupation: Investor
ROWE, Daniel
Correspondence address: 90 Nassau Street, Princeton, Nj, United States, 08542
Role ACTIVE
Director
Date of birth: January 1973
Appointed on: 8 June 2017
Nationality: American
Country of residence: United States
Occupation: Financial Adviser
SASON, Joshua
Correspondence address: Magna, 40 Wall Street, Floor 58, New York, United States, 10005
Role: ACTIVE
Director
Date of birth: April 1987
Appointed on: 17 September 2015
Nationality: American
Country of residence: United States
Occupation: Investor
[Note: Sason was the only board member separately designated as having ‘significant influence of control’ over the company.]
WALSH, David
Correspondence address: 22 Endell Street, London, WC2H 9AD
Role ACTIVE
Director
Date of birth: August 1961
Appointed on: 8 June 2017
Nationality: American
Country of residence: United States
Occupation: Investor
Recently Resigned Directors.
2 officers resigned in 2018
LEDBETTER, Nick
Correspondence address: Emerald Investment Partners, 3rd Floor, 96 Kensington High Street, London, England, W8 4SG
Role: RESIGNED
Director
Date of birth: May 1984
Appointed on: 17 June 2016
Resigned on: 12 June 2018
Nationality: Irish
Country of residence: United Kingdom
Occupation: Chartered Accountant
ROGERS, Benji Kip
Correspondence address: 22 Endell Street, London, WC2H 9AD.
Role: RESIGNED
Director
Date of birth: February 1974
Appointed on: 1 October 2008
Resigned on: 28 February 2018
Nationality: American, British
Country of residence: United Kingdom
Occupation: Musician
Previously Resigned Directors (earlier than 2018).
10 officers resigned prior to 2018
O’NEILL, Jonathan Adrian
Correspondence address: 22 Endell Street, London, WC2H 9AD
Role: RESIGNED
Secretary
Appointed on: 1 February 2015
Resigned on: 22 September 2015
SELBY, Rupert Spencer
Correspondence address: 63-65, Broadway Market, London, E8 4PH
Role: RESIGNED
Secretary
Appointed on: 1 October 2008
Resigned on: 1 January 2015
Nationality: English
DONALDSON, Angus David
Correspondence address: Pledge Music 22, Endell Street, London, WC2H 9AD
Role: RESIGNED
Director
Date of birth: April 1966
Appointed on: 1 June 2011
Resigned on: 17 September 2015
Nationality: British
Country of residence: United Kingdom
Occupation: None
DUNBAR, Malcolm
Correspondence address: Pledge Music 22, Endell Street, London, Uk, WC2H 9AD
Role: RESIGNED
Director
Date of birth: June 1955
Appointed on: 21 May 2013
Resigned on: 17 September 2015
Nationality: British
Country of residence: United Kingdom
Occupation: None
HACKETT, David
Correspondence address: Pledge Music 22, Endell Street, London, Uk, WC2H 9AD
Role: RESIGNED
Director
Date of birth: April 1976
Appointed on: 21 May 2013
Resigned on: 1 September 2015
Nationality: Irish
Country of residence: UK
Occupation: None
MCINTOSH, William Alan
Correspondence address: Pledge Music 22, Endell Street, London, Uk, WC2H 9AD
Role: RESIGNED
Director
Date of birth: November 1967
Appointed on: 21 May 2013
Resigned on: 16 July 2014
Nationality: British
Country of residence: England
Occupation: None
RUTHERFORD, James
Correspondence address: The Old Rectory, Saintbury, Broadway, Worcestershi, Saintbury, Broadway, Worcestershire, England, WR12 7PX
Role: RESIGNED
Director
Date of birth: July 1959
Appointed on: 29 July 2015
Resigned on: 17 September 2015
Nationality: British
Country of residence: England
Occupation: Company Director
SKEET, Mike Charles
Correspondence address: 27-29, Cursitor Street, London, Uk, EC4A 1LT
Role: RESIGNED
Director
Date of birth: March 1968
Appointed on: 21 May 2013
Resigned on: 17 September 2015
Nationality: British
Country of residence: United Kingdom
Occupation: None
TOSATTO, Jann
Correspondence address: Sint Olofssteeg 4-A, 1012 Ak Amsterdam, Netherlands
Role: RESIGNED
Director
Date of birth: March 1978
Appointed on: 1 October 2008
Resigned on: 21 May 2013
Nationality: German
Country of residence: Netherlands
Occupation: Lawyer
VARDEN, Jayce Henri
Correspondence address: 936 Main Street Floor 2, Waltham Ma 02451, United States
Role: RESIGNED
Director
Date of birth: August 1973
Appointed on: 1 October 2008
Resigned on: 17 September 2015
Nationality: American
Country of residence: United States
Occupation: General Manager
Put them all in jail!
The uk gov company data base is very open to view company returns and directors interests etc..
Quite an eye opener.. some very wealthy individuals in the music business..
Yes, very interesting to look them up. I hope a publication decides to profile them instead of just leaking the names. Sadly it’s not surprising that these guys can fix the artist debt before closing the dorms but won’t.