Alumni Highlights
Heath Johns
Newton-John Alumni Medal - 2020
Heath Johns became Managing Director of BMG Australia in early 2016. Previously he was the Director of A&R at Universal Music Publishing Group- Australia, having joined the company in February 2003 after a stint in A&R at BMG Records.
Earlier he cut his teeth organising local all ages events and as a freelance music journalist. Heath has signed a number of domestically and internationally successful songwriters including Jet, Wolfmother, The Living End, Guy Sebastian, Children Collide, Dead Letter Circus, The Butterfly Effect, Jessica Mauboy, Snob Scrilla, Daniel Merriweather, The Veronicas, M-Phazes, Peking Duk, Passenger, The Potbelleez 360, Passenger, Bag Raiders, Marvin Priest, Sietta, Aston Shuffle and Redcoats.
Heath has also worked closely with the University of Newcastle through an ongoing partnership with the University's School of Creative Industries.
Heath Johns
Managing Director, BMG Australia & New Zealand
Master of Marketing 2007; Master of Business Administration 2006
Alumni Excellence Awards
Newton-John Alumni Medal
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