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Mr. Roger Ames has been the Chief Executive Officer of International of Ticketmaster Entertainment, Inc. since August 2009 and oversees its operations in 19 global markets outside of the United States. Mr. Ames serves as an Advisor to Ingenious VCT Funds. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Capitol Records Inc. He served as the Head of North American operation of EMI Group Limited since April 27, 2007 and overaw its music operations in the U.S. and Canada including their Capitol, Virgin and Blue Note labels and an artist roster which included Coldplay, Beastie Boys, 30 Seconds To Mars, Keith Urban, the Rolling Stones, and more. He began his career in the music industry with EMI UK in 1975. In 1979, he joined PolyGram UK in the A&R department of the Phonogram label and, in 1983, moved to PolyGram's re-launched London Records as General Manager, subsequently becoming managing director. Mr. Ames served as President of Warner Music International since April 1999. He served as an Executive Vice President of Polygram and President of Polygram Music Group from 1996 to 1998. Mr. Ames served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Warner Music Group Corp. from August 1999 to August 2004. He served as the Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of Polygram UK from 1993 to 1996, responsible for its UK and Ireland operation, including its record labels, film distribution, music publishing and music clubs. He has been a Non-Executive Director of SCI Entertainment Group Ltd. since September 25, 2006. Mr. Ames serves as a Director of Ingenious Music VCT. Mr. Ames serves as a Member of Advisory Board of Ricall Limited. He served as a Director of Ingenious Music VCT 2.

Chief Executive Officer with a successful history of working in the music industry. Skilled in Fundraising, Board Development, Artistic Planning, Performing Arts, Marketing Strategy, Collective Bargaining Agreements and Business Process Improvement. Results driving capacity builder with an entrepreneurial business focus. Master of Arts Administration/MBA focus in Performing Arts Management, Fundraising, Marketing, Strategy, Organizational Development from University of Cincinnati.

Mark Hanson joined the San Francisco Symphony as Executive Director in September 2017 and was given the title of Chief Executive Officer in 2018. During his tenure, the SFS experienced a period of exciting change and forward progress, including a new multi-year financial plan that put the organization on a path to restoring stability. In 2018, the SFS negotiated a new four-year musician contract that cemented the San Francisco Symphony’s leadership position among American orchestras. A unique housing shared-equity program to help combat the Bay Area’s high cost of housing was also introduced. Also in 2018, the San Francisco Symphony launched a multi-constituency DEI Workgroup with representatives from the Board, Orchestra, and staff. Over the following two years, the DEI Workgroup focused its efforts primarily on internal culture change, capacity building, and learning but recently led the development of the SFS’s first ever DEI Plan which intends to seed deeper engagement in this work across the rest of the organization. Important to its audience development efforts, the San Francisco Symphony announced a new partnership with Stanford University to present an annual series of concerts at Stanford University’s Frost Amphitheater in 2019 that continues once again this summer. With a seating capacity of more than 6,000, Frost Amphitheater provides the San Francisco Symphony with a long-desired summer home in the heart of Silicon Valley. These important institutional developments were accompanied by the appointment of Esa-Pekka Salonen as Music Director, an outcome that The New York Times reported as “the talk of the music world.” One of the most influential and creative forces in music, Salonen began his tenure as Music Director in September 2020, teaming up with eight new San Francisco Symphony Collaborative Partners from various cultural disciplines. While the 2020-2021 season was significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the San Francisco Symphony under Mr. Hanson launched a new on-demand streaming service, SFSymphony+, featuring original digital content now being viewed throughout the Bay Area and the world.

Mr. Peter H. Gistelinck is a President and Chief Executive Officer at Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra and is based in United States.