Nicole Thomas and Nick Ghelakis
JOHANNESBURG, SA (CelebrityAccess) — Virgin Music Group introduced that Nick Ghelakis and Nicole Thomas have been appointed as co-country managers of Virgin Music South Africa.
Of their new roles, the 2 executives will lead the label group’s operations within the area, following the passing of Nick’s father, the famous South African music exec Chris Ghelakis, who previously managing director of VMG South Africa. The elder Ghelakis joined the corporate in 2021 after his music distribution firm was acquired by Ingrooves and rebranded as Virgin Music Group in late 2023.
Nick Ghelakis started his profession as an artist, successful a South African Music Award (SAMA) when he was 19 years previous. After learning on the College of South Africa and attaining a BCom in Accounting, Ghelakis relocated to London the place he labored for the accounting agency Worth Waterhouse Coopers earlier than returning to music in 2010 with an internship at his father’s Johannesburg Electromode.
Thomas most lately served as Common Supervisor of Electromode, a place she has held since 2017. She joined Ingrooves following the acquisition in 2021 and continued by through the rebrand to Virgin Music Group. He resume additionally contains previous roles in studio administration at SCR Studios, the place she oversaw shopper relations, advertising and marketing and promotions, enterprise improvement and operations.
“Working alongside Nick Ghelakis to hold on the legacy of his father Chris Ghelakis and his nice firm Electromode, which is now additional empowered by Virgin Music Group, probably the most revered music enterprise manufacturers on this planet, is mostly a dream come true,” stated Nicole. “I’m wanting ahead to working with JT, Nat Pastor, Michael Roe and the remainder of the Virgin Music Group staff to create the easiest alternatives each for our native artist neighborhood in addition to the wonderful repertoire we work with all over the world.”
“I’m so proud to be persevering with my father’s legacy right here in South Africa,” stated Nick Ghelakis. “Working with Nicole and the unbelievable international staff at Virgin Music Group will empower us to nurture and assist so many African artists attain their goals on the worldwide stage.”
“Nicole and Nick each carry with them a long time of expertise within the South African music market, characterised by a fierce devotion to native artists and an actual imaginative and prescient to unfold the nation’s unbelievable music far past its personal borders,” stated JT Myers, Co-CEO of Virgin Music Group. “Their management ensures continuity as we proceed to develop this vastly essential music market each throughout the nation and all over the world.”