Team & Governance
FACTOR maintains an office and staff in downtown Toronto, along with representation from Regional Education Coordinators located across Canada. We are governed by a Board of Directors with representatives from both the radio broadcast and the independent music sectors, with consultation from our National Advisory Board – which is comprised of representatives from the provincial and territorial members of the Canadian Council of Music Industry Associations, the Canadian Independent Music Association, Music Publishers Canada, Music Managers Forum Canada, the Canadian Live Music Association, and the Songwriters Association of Canada.
Board of Directors
Amy
Eligh
Chair
MPC Appointee
Arts & Crafts Music
Vice President, Publishing & Licensing
Sarah
Cummings
Vice-Chair
Bell Appointee
Bell Media
Director of Radio Content for iHeartRadio Canada and Orbyt Media
Gayatri
Thirunadarajah
Treasurer
Corus Appointee
Corus
Director of Finance, Planning
& Analysis
Chris
Smith
Secretary
Elected Member
Chris Smith Management
President
Jermayne
Clayton
Board Member
MMF Appointee
Awesome Productions
& Management
Co-Owner/President Management Division
ALAN
DOYLE
Board Member
Elected Member
Artist
JOSIE
FENECH
Board Member
Stingray Appointee
Stingray
National Talent Development Director
OLIVER
JAAKKOLA
Board Member
Sirius XM Appointee
Sirius XM
Senior Vice-President & General Counsel
SANDY
PANDYA
Board Member
CIMA Appointee
Pandyamonium / ArtHaus
Founder / Owner
JULIEN
PAQUIN
Independent Music Industry Representative
Elected Member
Paquin Artists Agency
President
TEGAN
QUIN
Board Member
Elected Member
Tegan and Sara
Artist and Advocate
KESI
SMYTH
Board Member
CIMA Appointee
604 Records
General Manager / Human Resources
BRANDY
TAYLOR
Board Member
Rogers Appointee
Sonic 102.9 Edmonton
Music Director
LINDSAY
MACPHERSON
Observer
NAB Representative
Music BC
Executive Director
DUFF
ROMAN
Director Emeritus
Duff Roman Media Inc.
President & CEO
Factor staff
MEG
SYMSYK
President & CEO
CHERIE
SINCLAIR
Director, Programs
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MARCUs
TAMM
Director, Communications
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MARINA
ANIANOVA
Accounting Manager
AMANDA
LEWIS
Program Manager
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ANDREW
PATTON
Manager, Artist Programs
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MARGARET
O’TOOLE
Program Administrator
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EMMA
BARNETT
Program Administrator
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GORD
ROBERTSON
Business Analyst
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TASH
WILLIAMS
Communications & Content Specialist
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chayne japal
Project Coordinator
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sierra evans
Project Coordinator
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tyler appleby
Project Coordinator
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mark goodwin
Project Coordinator
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kyral Young
Program Assistant
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