Family Business Australia NxG Get Together

From David Hammon Guest Speaker FBA NSW Next Gen Representative David Albert, CEO Alberts Music

The family business that launched AC/DC, I trust you had a great break over the festive and The Angels season and I hope the year ahead is exciting and prosperous for all. David Albert is CEO of Albert Investments and I had the opportunity to speak to some of Managing Director of you a few months ago as I wanted to get a J. Albert & Son Pty Ltd sense of how FBA can best support our Next (known as ‘Alberts’), a Gen members. It seems most of us would leading Australian enjoy an opportunity to meet informally to independent music discuss our businesses and share some of our company that is actively challenges and issues. As your NSW Next Gen representative, involved in music publishing, recording and studios. my goal is to build a dynamic network of Next Generation David’s role encompasses not only the members in NSW - and to ensure their needs are properly management of the family business, but also understood and met by FBA. overseeing the family’s portfolio of financial and philanthropic interests - working closely with his To get us going in 2013, I am hoping you will get behind a 'Next family in doing so. Gen' drive and get together on Friday 22nd February. There are many Next Genners of out there, struggling with the same While AC/DC has been the stand-out on its roster, challenges as we all do, who could really benefit from an Alberts has delivered an array of artists over the introduction to FBA. I am asking you to contact another Next past four decades including , John Genner in your network (who is not a member of FBA) and invite Paul Young, Ted Mulry Gang, Rose Tattoo and the them out to lunch, to a venue that suits both of you. This is a Angels. They also manage the music publishing good opportunity to catch up with a friend or colleague and let rights of established and developing artists them know they are not alone! At 4.00pm, we will meet up at including Vanda & Young, Gotye, Megan KPMG on Shelley Street. Over drinks we will hear from David Washington, writer/producer Lee Groves, and of Albert, CEO of Alberts Music, a phenomenally successful course the works of AC/DC. International business in the Australian music industry. David will share some catalogues and writers represented by Alberts of the challenges he has faced working in his family business, include Irving Berlin, the Beach Boys, Pete their approach to succession and also some of the factors that Townsend and Phil Collins. More than 125 years have contributed to their ongoing success—we're talking five since it first began, Alberts is still in family hands generations guys! and continues to shape the history of music and entertainment in Australia. Last but not least, for those that have another couple of hours free, we will adjourn to Cockle Bay Event Details: wharf to enjoy cold drink or two in the company of friends. Date: Friday, 22 February 2013 (1) Lunch at your choice of venue I hope you can make it along for our inaugural Next Gen event! (2) 4.00pm—6.00pm

KPMG | Drinks with David Albert Level 15/10 Shelley Street, Sydney David Hammon (3) Next Gen networking drinks | Cockle Bay Joint Managing Director Scenic World Next Gen NSW Representative Cost: FBA members $59 Register online at myFBA Family business Sponsor If you bring a Next Gen friend or colleague who joins FBA, your cover charge and theirs will be refunded in full!

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