Our People
Sophie Alabaster
Assistant Project ManagerRachel Bertaut
Senior Artist ManagerKate Bursey
Head of PeopleAlison Charles
Senior Artist AdministratorDonagh Collins
Chief ExecutiveSolal del Castillo
Artist ManagerMaya Feldman
Artist AdministratorJo Fry
Associate DirectorJack Haynes
Artist ManagerPhilip Keegan
Assistant Artist ManagerSebastian Mallet
Assistant Artist ManagerNicholas Moloney
Senior Artist ManagerAntonio Orlando
Associate DirectorJemima Pickersgill
Assistant Artist ManagerSarah Queen
Finance ManagerFiona Russell
Senior Assistant ManagerSue Spence
DirectorVincent Turp
Associate Artist ManagerCaz Wright
Artist Finance Manager
Isabella Bartlett
Assistant Artist ManagerRowan Bidmead
Associate Artist ManagerMartin Campbell-White
ConsultantGemma Charlton
Project ManagerAngelica Conner
Artist ManagerAifric Dennison
Project ManagerRobert Finegan
Marketing AssistantSam Greenwell
Assistant Project ManagerGrace Hewett
Artist AdministratorEsther Killisch
Project ManagerSarah McDonald
Marketing ManagerRebecca Moore
Assistant Project ManagerMatt Palmer
Assistant Artist ManagerJoy Pidsley
Assistant Artist ManagerFlo Rivington
Assistant Artist ManagerTanja Schnitzer
Artist ManagerKate Sweeney
Associate Artist ManagerLeOui van Rensburg
Associate Artist Manager
Gavin Bates
Senior Artist AdministratorHannah Bishay
Associate Artist ManagerHolly Cartwright
Assistant Artist ManagerSumaiyah Chowdhury
People AdvisorKeiron Cooke
Associate DirectorDominic Domingo
Associate DirectorOlivia Fitzsimons
Artist ManagerOllie Haines
Artist ManagerMark Hildrew
Executive DirectorHenry Lindsay
Associate DirectorPaul Meyer zu Schwabedissen
Senior Artist ManagerMelanie Moult
Associate DirectorEdward Pascall
Associate DirectorLucie Pierron
Project ManagerRuby Robinson
Executive Assistant & Office ManagerTerry Shew
Associate DirectorJoel Thomas
DirectorTiziana Vassalli
Assistant Artist Manager
Emma Beecham
Associate DirectorAdam Brady
Associate Artist ManagerRupert Chandler
Associate DirectorSorcha Coller
Associate DirectorFabiana Dalpiaz
Associate DirectorTegan Eldridge
Project ManagerAleksandra Flekiej
Finance AssistantPaul Hale
Chief Financial & Operating OfficerIvo Ivanov
Assistant Artist ManagerOlivia Lyndon-Jones
Senior Artist ManagerDora Michael
Assistant Artist ManagerAlison Nethsingha
Senior Artist ManagerWill Pate
Assistant Artist ManagerSergio Porto Bargiela
DirectorKate Robson
Assistant Artist ManagerIgnatius Sokal
Artist ManagerSusana Tierney
Financial ControllerCelia Willis
Director
Sophie Alabaster
Assistant Project ManagerIsabella Bartlett
Assistant Artist ManagerGavin Bates
Senior Artist AdministratorEmma Beecham
Associate DirectorRachel Bertaut
Senior Artist ManagerRowan Bidmead
Associate Artist ManagerHannah Bishay
Associate Artist ManagerAdam Brady
Associate Artist ManagerKate Bursey
Head of PeopleMartin Campbell-White
ConsultantHolly Cartwright
Assistant Artist ManagerRupert Chandler
Associate DirectorAlison Charles
Senior Artist AdministratorGemma Charlton
Project ManagerSumaiyah Chowdhury
People AdvisorSorcha Coller
Associate DirectorDonagh Collins
Chief ExecutiveAngelica Conner
Artist ManagerKeiron Cooke
Associate DirectorFabiana Dalpiaz
Associate DirectorSolal del Castillo
Artist ManagerAifric Dennison
Project ManagerDominic Domingo
Associate DirectorTegan Eldridge
Project ManagerMaya Feldman
Artist AdministratorRobert Finegan
Marketing AssistantOlivia Fitzsimons
Artist ManagerAleksandra Flekiej
Finance AssistantJo Fry
Associate DirectorSam Greenwell
Assistant Project ManagerOllie Haines
Artist ManagerPaul Hale
Chief Financial & Operating OfficerJack Haynes
Artist ManagerGrace Hewett
Artist AdministratorMark Hildrew
Executive DirectorIvo Ivanov
Assistant Artist ManagerPhilip Keegan
Assistant Artist ManagerEsther Killisch
Project ManagerHenry Lindsay
Associate DirectorOlivia Lyndon-Jones
Senior Artist ManagerSebastian Mallet
Assistant Artist ManagerSarah McDonald
Marketing ManagerPaul Meyer zu Schwabedissen
Senior Artist ManagerDora Michael
Assistant Artist ManagerNicholas Moloney
Senior Artist ManagerRebecca Moore
Assistant Project ManagerMelanie Moult
Associate DirectorAlison Nethsingha
Senior Artist ManagerAntonio Orlando
Associate DirectorMatt Palmer
Assistant Artist ManagerEdward Pascall
Associate DirectorWill Pate
Assistant Artist ManagerJemima Pickersgill
Assistant Artist ManagerJoy Pidsley
Assistant Artist ManagerLucie Pierron
Project ManagerSergio Porto Bargiela
DirectorSarah Queen
Finance ManagerFlo Rivington
Assistant Artist ManagerRuby Robinson
Executive Assistant & Office ManagerKate Robson
Assistant Artist ManagerFiona Russell
Senior Assistant ManagerTanja Schnitzer
Artist ManagerTerry Shew
Associate DirectorIgnatius Sokal
Artist ManagerSue Spence
DirectorKate Sweeney
Associate Artist ManagerJoel Thomas
DirectorSusana Tierney
Financial ControllerVincent Turp
Associate Artist ManagerLeOui van Rensburg
Associate Artist ManagerTiziana Vassalli
Assistant Artist ManagerCelia Willis
DirectorCaz Wright
Artist Finance Manager
- Board
- Singers
Joel Thomas
- Telephone+44 (0)7815 894 759
- Email addressjoel.thomas@askonasholt.com
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Joel Thomas is a board director at Askonas Holt and is joint head of the singers division. Opera is Joel’s passion; since childhood he has developed an extensive knowledge of the artform. Born in the UK, Joel grew up in North America and attended Emerson College in Boston. He also lived and studied in Milan for two years. Joel was first introduced to opera when he sang in the children’s chorus of the Canadian Opera Company and Metropolitan Opera. Before becoming an Artist Manager, Joel gained experience at the Buxton Festival and Boston Lyric Opera. He was later hired as Assistant to the General Director of Boston Lyric Opera. In 1996, he became Assistant to the Company Manager at the Glyndebourne Festival. In January 1997, Joel joined Harold Holt as an Assistant to an Artist Manager in the vocal division. Later he joined Lies Askonas as an Artist Manager working alongside director Mark Hildrew. Since the two companies joined in 1998, Joel has progressed through the singers division and during that time, has had the pleasure of managing and developing many of the world’s leading classical vocalists.