JULIE ADAM PROMOTED TO PRESIDENT & CEO,
UNIVERSAL MUSIC CANADA

 

JEFFREY REMEDIOS APPOINTED PRESIDENT, STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT, FOR REPUBLIC COLLECTIVE

(L – R): Julie Adam, President & CEO, Universal Music Canada; Jeffrey Remedios, President, Strategic Development, REPUBLIC Collective. Photos by Katherine Holland

SANTA MONICA, February 7 2025 – Universal Music Group (UMG), the world leader in music-based entertainment, today announced Julie Adam, Executive Vice President & General Manager of Universal Music Canada (UMC), has been promoted to President & CEO of UMC based in Toronto.

Following a decade of outstanding leadership as Chairman & CEO, Universal Music Canada, Jeffrey Remedios has been appointed President, Strategic Development, for REPUBLIC Collective (which includes Island Records, Def Jam Recordings, Mercury Records, and Republic Records).

Both appointments are effective immediately.

In his new position, Remedios will lead high priority growth initiatives for Republic’ s labels across international A&R efforts, Republic recording studios, new product lines, brand expansion, Federal Films, and overall business development. He will report to Monte and Avery Lipman, working between Republic’s headquarters in New York and Toronto.

“Jeffrey brings a wealth of experience as a leader and entrepreneur to the collective. In his new role, focused on exploring and capitalizing on opportunities in emerging areas of the industry, Jeffrey will play a critical role in scaling our business and proving new creative and commercial outlets for our artists. We are absolutely thrilled to welcome him to the Senior Management team on the East Coast,” said Monte Lipman, Founder, Chairman & CEO, REPUBLIC.

A long-time champion of creative voices who has amplified and supported artists throughout her career, Julie Adam is an award-winning entertainment executive known for building culture and leading teams, pairing creativity with business results, and driving revenue through innovation. As President & CEO of UMC, she will lead strategy and overall management for Universal Music in Canada.

“Julie is a generous, intuitive, and astute leader. Her impact since joining Universal has been transformative and can be felt industry wide: with artists, our team, and partners,” said Remedios. “Her passion and drive, coupled with her ability to laser-focus on results, all while ensuring the artist comes first, has propelled our roster to new heights. With Julie’s continued leadership, UMC is poised for the next phase of growth and evolution.”

Adam was appointed EVP & General Manager of UMC in March 2023, and in that time, bolstered UMC’s frontline operations, leading the team to record-breaking results for UMG’s global roster of artists in Canada and UMC’s domestically signed, industry-leading acts. She has accelerated revenue growth across e-commerce and direct-to-consumer initiatives, renewed focus on Canada’s brand partnerships business, and fostered new creative approaches to drive artist success and traction with fans.

“Every day I wake up thinking about how best to serve and support our artists to ensure they find personal, artistic, and commercial success through music,” said Adam. “I am beyond excited to continue to work alongside the best team in the business to discover, develop, and break the next generation of artists out of Canada. I’d like to thank Jeffrey Remedios, Michele Anthony, and Sir Lucian Grainge for this incredible opportunity. I’m especially grateful to Jeffrey for his on-going partnership, support, guidance, and inspiring leadership.” 

While at the helm of UMC, Remedios reimagined and rebuilt the company’s A&R efforts, establishing UMC as a powerful driver of artist discovery and development, garnering industry recognition and winning awards, and most notably, increasing revenue from and opportunities for domestically signed acts more than 10-fold since 2015. He’s signed and developed exciting new voices across a range of genres.

Remedios conceptualized, designed, and opened UMC’s award-winning, state of the art performance space, recording studio and creative campus at 80 Atlantic Ave., relocating Universal Music Canada’s operations to Toronto’s vibrant downtown core, encouraging artist connection, collaboration, and creativity with the UMC team. This led to the broader music industry’s move to the same neighbourhood.

“I’ve built my career in service to artists, and I’m exceptionally proud of what we’ve created at Universal Music Canada. The company I joined in 2015, and the one I leave in 2025 could not be more different – that’s a testament to our growth through creative evolution,” said Remedios. “My sincerest thanks to Michele Anthony and Sir Lucian Grainge for their support, mentorship, and continued investment in world-class Canadian talent – from the artists we’ve been privileged to work alongside, to the incomparable UMC team – past and present. Leading the team in Canada has been my great honour. Incredible artists, iconic labels and visionary leaders always aspiring higher are defining REPUBLIC Collective qualities. My deepest gratitude to Monte and Avery for bringing me into this historic, superstar calibre collective and their trust in my leadership across such critical growth areas.” 

About Julie Adam

Prior to joining Universal Music Canada, Adam spent over two decades in media. Her deep passion for music and love of artists and artistry led her to a career in radio, starting as an intern in the music department and ending as President of News & Entertainment overseeing the non-sports radio, television, and podcasting business for Rogers Sports & Media. She has marked countless achievements through strategic initiatives that drove increased revenue, new business opportunities, and creative excellence across acquisitions, strategic partnerships, and the development of new content and entertainment models. She has been recognized as Canada’s first female Vice President of Radio Programming and is a past recipient of the Rosalie Award from Radio Trailblazers and the Diversity Champion Award from Women in Communications and Technology.

Adam further supports the creative community as the Chair of the Board of CARAS (The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences), the non-profit organization responsible for The JUNO Awards (Canada’s biggest night in music), the leading music education fund, MusiCounts, and the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. She is the author of the leadership book Imperfectly Kind: Why Kindness is the Must-Have Superpower You Need To Lead.

About Jeffrey Remedios

Over the course of his career, Remedios has continually propelled the Canadian music industry forward. An advocate of groundbreaking artists and diverse voices, he has long committed to broadening opportunities for artists on both the domestic and world stages by fostering artistry, innovation, and entrepreneurship.  In addition to his unwavering support of artists, Remedios has developed, mentored, and elevated many of Canada’s leading industry executives. As Chairman & CEO of Universal Music Canada for a decade, he has redefined what it means to be a major label in Canada, investing in new areas of focus, developing dynamic teams, and diversifying revenue streams.

Remedios is Chair of the Board of the Toronto International Film Festival, and sits on the board of Arts & Crafts, the award-winning, premier independent music label he co-founded in 2003 and where he served as President until 2015. He has served on the boards of CARAS (the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences), MusiCounts, Music Canada, and is former Chair of FACTOR (the foundation assisting Canadian talent on recordings).

About Universal Music Group

Universal Music Group exists to shape culture through the power of artistry. UMG is the world leader in music-based entertainment, with a broad array of businesses engaged in recorded music, music publishing, merchandising and audiovisual content. Featuring the most comprehensive catalogue of recordings and songs across every musical genre, UMG identifies and develops artists and produces and distributes the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful music in the world. Committed to artistry, innovation and entrepreneurship, UMG fosters the development of services, platforms and business models in order to broaden artistic and commercial opportunities for our artists and create new experiences for fans. For more information, visit www.universalmusic.com

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