Our Board of Directors
AMUNDA aka Amandah Wilkinson is a British-Indonesian singer/songwriter based between Glasgow and Copenhagen. She is an ARIA Award winning + SAY award nominated artist who's bands Operator Please & Bossy Love have both toured internationally and released albums to critical acclaim. She is also an active member of the SAY award nominated Hen Hoose, female + non-binary production and songwriting group.
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Festivals, showcases in the world’s biggest and best cities, award nominations, plays on MTV and BBC Radio, supporting Kelis, Tank & The Bangas and Metronomy, appearing on Later…with Jools.... Wilkinson has seen and done more than most in the past sixteen years. Now, after
having the support structures of band mates and collaborators, being a prolific songwriter and
top-liner for others, she’s taking the bold step of striking out on her own as AMUNDA.
Tamara Schlesinger is the founder and CEO of Hen Hoose, director of Tantrum Records, solo artist MALKA and former lead singer/songwriter of 6 Day
Riot, Tamara Schlesinger has written and released 8 albums in 18 years. She has enjoyed chart success, extensively toured the UK, Europe and North America, has played at numerous festivals such as Glastonbury and CMW and has achieved acclaim from major press. Her music has amassed a vast amount of play on national radio and she regularly syncs her music to domestic TV shows (Skins), US TV shows (Awkward, Finding Carter), Hollywood films and trailers (Scream 4, 127 Hours) and writes and produces music for TV adverts.
Tamara started in the industry over 20 years ago and has built her career from the ground up, creating her own record label and releasing her own music, she is a regular panelist and guest lecturer at industry events. Tamara is a member of the SMIA (Scottish Music Industry Association) advisory board and the Ivor Novello Scottish Council.
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Hannah Brodie has been working across relationship development in Medicine & Science, Third Sector and Higher Education with a focus on Corporate Partnerships since 2002. Hannah now heads up the Development, Marcomms and Climate Teams at Edinburgh Science, having previously led the Development Team at Edinburgh Napier University and the Scholarships and Bursaries Team at the University of Edinburgh. Previous roles included posts at the National Trust for Scotland, the Royal Society of Medicine and the British Medical Journal. Hannah is on the boards of Hidden Door Festival, Hertzfeld Prize and the Hen Hoose music project. Hannah has been at Edinburgh Science since 2017. She received the Scottish Woman of the Year 2023 Award: Achievements in Arts & Culture and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Sharon McHendry (Acting) Chair
Sharon has 20 years’ arts PR and journalism experience including 13 years’ managing PR for theatre and dance at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
She previously managed PR for The Arches, Glasgow and the Glasgow School of Art as well as holding a senior role at a busy London boutique arts PR agency. She returned to Scotland to form SM Publicity in 2016.
SM Publicity manage PR for UK wide theatre, arts and culture projects including London West End and the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
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While at a Glasgow PR agency, Sharon managed PR for live music initiatives and branded festivals and has provided PR support to Scottish music festivals in the past. Many moons ago, she co-ran a club night called Dolly Mixture, DJ’ing a plethora of female sounds past and present and platforming female led live bands.
Celeste