The respected music industry veteran Robin Godfrey-Cass, the current British director of Round Hill Carlin, will leave the company at the end of June.
Godfrey-Cass has announced that he is leaving the publishing house after four and a half years in the company.
Godfrey-Cass was originally hired to lead the creativity of Round Hill / Carlin out of London after Round Hill officially closed its acquisition of independent publisher Carlin Music in January 2018.
He was then named MD for the Round Hill Carlins UK office in June 2019.
Robin Godfrey-Cass’ career in the music industry spans 30 years.
He was named Warner / Chappell Music UK’s CEO in 1985 at the age of 30, and was the youngest ever named MD for a major publishing house.
Promoted in 1990 to Senior Vice President (Europe), and in addition to his MD duties, he coordinated European acquisitions for Warner / Chappell.
Godfrey-Cass has been heavily involved in dealmaking for Round Hill UK.
Some of the deals that Round Hill has announced in recent months include an acquisition of music rights in March (writer’s share of publishing, neighborhood rights and master royalty revenue), via its Fund 3 Plus, from Herman Rarebell, original drummer in The Scorpions.
In December, Round Hill Music’s Music Royalty Fund purchased the two-car music release catalog for legendary producer, writer, musician, music supervisor, music publisher and DJ, John ‘Jellybean’ Benitez.
In September 2021, Round Hill Music Royalty Fund Limited acquired 100% of the master royalty income on 532 original recordings from the American classical R&B group, The O’Jays.
In February 2021, Round Hill meanwhile bought the catalog of Massive Attack members Robert Del Naja and Grant Marshall, and in January 2021, Round Hill bought the catalog of Billy Duffy, songwriter and guitarist with the British rock band The Cult.
“I would like to look back on my time on Round Hill and would like to thank the CEO, Josh Gruss, for all his support. I look forward to my next adventure with a great deal of positivity.”
Robin Godfrey-Cass
On his departure and plans for the future, Godfrey-Cass said: “I would like to look back on my time at Round Hill and would like to thank the CEO, Josh Gruss, for all his support. I look forward to my next adventure with a large portion positivity. ”Music business worldwide