Michael Ryan-Southern
InvestorEVP & Chief Corporate Development and Strategy Officer at Warner Music Group · Investment Associate at New Brunswick Innovation Foundation
New York, New York, United States
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About
EVP and Chief Corporate Development and Strategy Officer of Warner Music Group.
Experience
- Warner Music GroupEVP, Chief Strategy & Development Officercurrent2024 — presentNew York, United States
- Goldman SachsManaging Director2021 — 2024New York, United States
- REEF (Mubadala Investment Asset)Chief Financial Officer2021Miami, Florida, United States
- Hakkasan Group (Mubadala Owned Asset)President & Chief Financial Officer2018 — 2020United States
- EMI Music Publishing (Mubadala Owned Asset)Senior Vice President Finance (Deputy CFO)2016 — 2018New York, New York, United States
- EMI Music Publishing (Mubadala Owned Asset)Global Head of Tax & Treasury2013 — 2015New York, New York, United States
- KPMG U.K/U.S.Senior Manager2004 — 2013London & New York
Skills & more
Interpersonal SkillsNegotiationLeadershipManagementLaw2Accounting3AuditingWorking with InvestorsPresentationsEmployee EngagementTaxAccount Reconciliation
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Colleagues at Warner Music Group
Armin Zerza
COO & CFO at Warner Music Group
Carianne Marshall
COO & Co-Chair, Warner Chappell Music at Warner Music Group
Carletta Higginson
EVP & Chief Digital Officer at Warner Music Group
Guy Moot
CEO & Co-Chair, Warner Chappell Music at Warner Music Group
Hannah Karp
EVP & Chief Communications Officer at Warner Music Group
Josh Richards
Co-Founder & Operating Partner at Animal Capital
Leho Nigul
Chief Technology Officer at Warner Music Group
Linda Knobbe
Financial - Tax Partner at BDO at Capital Innovators
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Michael Ryan-Southern?
- EVP and Chief Corporate Development and Strategy Officer of Warner Music Group.
- Where does Michael Ryan-Southern work?
- Michael Ryan-Southern is EVP & Chief Corporate Development and Strategy Officer at Warner Music Group.
- Where did Michael Ryan-Southern go to school?
- Michael Ryan-Southern studied at Columbia Business School (Master of Business Administration - MBA, Business Administration and Management); Chartered Institute of U.K. & International Taxation Law; London, U.K. (Master's degree, Tax Law/Taxation); Association of Accounting (U.K.); London, U.K. (Bachelor's degree, Accounting and Finance).
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Shared employers
Also worked at Goldman Sachs2,000
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