BMLG Promotes Kash To VP of Finance

Big Machine Label Group President/CEO Scott Borchetta and COO Andrew Kautz have promoted Brad Kash to Vice President of Finance.
Kash will continue to lead the finance, accounting and royalty teams throughout their support functions across BMLG’s three imprints – Big Machine Records, The Valory Music Co. and Republic Nashville – and publishing arm – Big Machine Music.
Kash joined the company in 2012 as Director of Finance. With a Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from Saint Leo University, Kash began his music industry career as Assistant Controller for Williams-Bell & Associates in 1994. He was a founding partner and CFO of Big Fish Entertainment, working directly with such legendary artists as Little Richard and Jerry Lee Lewis. His career also includes time as Senior Manager of Corporate Accounting & Finance with Hard Rock International, and serving as Director, Finance & Administration at EMI Christian Music Group.
“Brad is the right man for the job at BMLG. Upon arriving he was immediately able to understand what we needed to do to keep up with the scale of our growth,” Borchetta said. “Adding VP stripes was an obvious and easy decision. Well done Brad!”
“Brad has done an excellent job spearheading the effort to scale our Finance team to keep pace with our continued growth. His ability to understand our vision and fine tune our finance systems while adding the right team members to keep us on pace solidified this promotion,” Kautz said. “Brad understands that our need to keep Big Machine’s laser focus requires having our Finance processes complement our company’s relationships with our partners and especially our Artists. Scott and I are very pleased with what he’s accomplished and appreciate his contribution to our continued success.”
Kash can be reached via Brad.Kash@BMLG.net.