
	Mr. Harris served for the past three years as Chief Financial Officer, UK Labels, for Universal Music in London, overseeing the financial affairs of the Polydor, Island, Virgin EMI, Fiction, Capitol and Decca labels.&nbsp; Previously, he served for 12 years as Senior Vice President, Financial &amp; Commercial Affairs for Polydor Records, and was instrumental in helping the label achieve an unbroken streak as the #1 Market Share Label throughout the years of his tenure there.&nbsp; The company&#39;s diverse array of domestically signed artists during Harris&#39;s 12 years at the company included Ellie Goulding, Lana Del Rey, Snow Patrol, Take That, James Blake, La Roux, Scissor Sisters, Duffy and Yeah Yeah Yeahs.
	
	Mr. Harris&#39;s interests in the music business began while he was a student at Manchester University in the late 1980s and early 1990s, covering music for the school&#39;s Mancunion newspaper.&nbsp; During his university years, Harris also worked at Factory Records &ndash; home of Joy Division, New Order and Happy Mondays &ndash; in various public relations and promotion roles, as well as DJing at renowned Manchester nightclub, The Hacienda.
	
	Upon graduation from Manchester University with a degree in Mathematics &amp; Computer Science, Harris spent three years as a Chartered Accountant at Baker Tilly in Manchester and London, the highly regarded full-service accounting and advisory firm.&nbsp; He worked as a Finance Manager at Disney Character Voices International (part of Buena Vista International) from 1996 through 1998.
