Mickey McMonagle
Music Journalist

Mickey is currently editor of magazines at the Sunday Mail, where 7Nights is the nation's favourite entertainment mag. Mickey has a keen focus on Scottish music, a dedication to helping break new talent and a history of giving acts their first mag covers, awards and so on. He is also closely involved in the Sunday Mail and Daily Record's online music coverage, as well as securing acts to perform at their awards events.

Mickey created and runs the Sunday Mail 7Nights Sessions charity shows at King Tut's, a series of concerts bringing huge acts back to the venue for one-off gigs - so far they have included Glasvegas, Paolo Nutini, Deacon Blue, Gun, Texas, Embrace and many more.

Previously Mickey was Editor of respected Scots dance music magazine M8, where again he was closely involved in Scottish music, promoting events.

Stuart Mackenzie
SSE

Stuart Mackenzie is a Senior Sponsorship Manager at SSE where he is responsible for communications and customer experience. Sponsors of The SSE Hydro; SSE are passionate about live entertainment, bringing customers exclusive benefits across a diverse portfolio that also includes The SSE Arena, Wembley and The SSE Arena, Belfast.

Having worked in sport and entertainment for over a decade, Stuart has experience with major events and festivals across marketing and communications; along with time as a freelance music journalist. Starting his career in a PR agency working for legendary Scottish promoter DF Concerts and iconic brands IRN-BRU and Tennents; before moving on to work at EventScotland on events including the MTV EMA, music has been a recurring theme throughout his career.

Stuart is passionate about music and the excitement and joy it brings to people throughout the country.

Donald MacLeod
Nordoff Robbins / CPL

Donald MacLeod is the Managing Director of the CPL Entertainment Group, proprietor of Scotland's premier Rock Club and live venue The Cathouse, as well as The Garage on Sauchiehall Street which over the years has hosted a variety of acts from Prince, Queens of the Stone Age, Fun Lovin Criminals, and Tinchy Stryder. Over the years Donald also controlled the hugely successful CPL Live which promoted many artists, including Oasis, Fall Out Boy and Marilyn Manson. Donald has also been a radio DJ and currently writes a column in The Sunday Post.

As Chairman of both the Management Board and Fundraising Committee Donald devotes much of his time to Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy in Scotland, a non state-funded charity during his time at the helm has seen it steadily grow in terms of clinical interests, fundraising activity and simply raising awareness of the valuable work the therapists carry out.

Aarti Joshi
DF Concerts / Artist Management / DJ

Aarti leads DF Concerts & Events’ Marketing and Communications team and has over 15 years of experience in the field. She has worked across all of the company’s signature events, including TRNSMT, T in the Park and Glasgow Summer Sessions, as well as DF's other strands - King Tuts Wah Wah Hut and gigsinscotland.com. From the inception of a campaign to its final delivery - she is very hands on and incredibly results focused.

For the last four years, Aarti has also managed one of the UK’s most exciting live acts – The LaFontaines. The band’s debut album, 'CLASS', released in 2015 charted in the U.K. Top 100, #1 in the indie breakers chart, and #10 in the Scottish Album Chart. Their single 'Under The Storm' has had over 1.1 million plays on Spotify. The band has performed at The Great Escape, Download Festival, Reading & Leeds, and Reeperbahn in Germany. As well as the Main Stage at T in the Park and Sold Out headline shows Glasgow Barrowland.

With her club night, Pretty Ugly about to turn twelve in November, Aarti is showing no signs of hanging up her record bag and along with fellow DJ and promoter, Lynne Johnston, can be found at The Admiral Bar every second Saturday of the month playing the best indie, electro and pop to the prettiest dancefloor in town!

Fiona Crichton
SSE Hydro

Fiona has been Head of Partnerships at The SSE Hydro since it opened in September 2013. She is responsible for helping to attract some of the most prestigious brands to the venue via commercial sponsorship and manages all Partner accounts. The SSE Hydro, working with Consultants AEG Global Partnerships provides these brands direct access to highly targeted audiences which benefits both brand and venue.

Prior to joining The SECC and The SSE Hydro in 2008, Fiona was Head of Strategic Partnerships at STV, responsible for developing funded content for a variety of organisations and businesses.

As a child of the 70's, Fiona's music listening heritage is rooted in David Bowie, Stevie Wonder and Fleetwood Mac: however she is no stranger to a current Spotify playlist and has a keen interest in emerging talent, loving small venues such as Nice N'Sleazy and The Hug and Pint.

Megan Impey
Senior A&R Consultant, The Famous Company

Megan Impey is a Senior A&R Consultant at The Famous Company, the UK's largest artist development company, and music industry services provider. Megan currently works with artists in the UK and USA helping advise on their career progression and connecting them with some of the world's best music industry professionals including songwriters and producers, photographers and videographers. As a graduate of London's Kingston University and California State University in LA, Megan has a First Class Music Technology Degree which has allowed her to work in a number of London's recording studios and as a live sound engineer at Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

Megan has tour managed and provided artist liaison to a host of big names including The Who, Queen, Jess Glynn, Artful Dodger, Katy B and Labrynth at O2 Academy tours, Isle of Wight Festival and Mutiny Festival. In addition to this Megan has given a keynote speech at the National Association of Music in Higher Education on how the UK and US education systems educate and prepare students for a professional career in the music industry. Megan still regularly works as a session bassist, having played venues in the UK and USA as well as hosting a radio show on prime time university radio in Los Angeles showcasing the best unsigned music from across the UK.