David Wood does some undertakes carefully selected Pro bono work. He is a Higher Education Guest Speaker (and been honoured to be a keynote guest speaker at several higher educational institutions); an International Music Conference Panellist (who previously appeared at ‘In The City’, ‘Midem’, and ‘Popkomm’ music conferences); a Music Industry Commentator (offering views, opinion, insight, analysis on a whole host of music industry news and issues for respected media outlets and broadcasters in the UK and English speaking countries) and a Competition Judge (for national and international competitions).
Introduction for Event Organisers
David Wood – Short Introduction (45 seconds)
– David Wood is an Investor; Award-winning Musician and Businessman; Lancaster University Honorary Teaching Fellow; and Leader in Residence at UCLan.
– He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and has been the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate, an Honorary Fellowship; and his business activities include Y1 Investments, d.w.I.P,. Promenade Music, and Faith & Hope Records.
– David is passionate about the arts, and a Patron of the Halle Orchestra – Friend of Help Musicians, the ISM Trust, and the Royal College of Music – and a Member of the British Film Institute, Lancaster Footlights, the National Association of Music Merchants; and the Royal Nothern College of Music.
David Wood – Introduction (60 Seconds)
– David Wood is an Investor … Award-winning Musician and Businessman … Lancaster University Honorary Teaching Fellow … and a Leader in Residence at UCLan.
– He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts; and has been the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate and an Honorary Fellowship.
– His business activities include: Y1 Investments, where he owns a stake in 377 enterprises around the world – d.w.I.P, where he owns 12 UK trademarks – Promenade Music, which is “one of the largest and best stocked music shops in the north of England” – and Faith & Hope Records, who as well as having a string of UK charts hits, have had their music on major Hollywood films; the adverts of world leading brands; and on television programmes globally.
– David is passionate about the arts; and a Patron of the Halle Orchestra – a Friend of Help Musicians; the ISM Trust, and the Royal College of Music – and a Member of the British Film Institute, Lancaster Footlights, the National Association of Music Merchants, and the Royal Nothern College of Music.
David Wood – Introduction (90 Seconds)
– David Wood is a British based Investor … Award-winning Musician and Businessman … Lancaster University Honorary Teaching Fellow … and a Leader in Residence at the University of Central Lancashire.
– He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and has been a recipient of an Honorary Doctorate … Honorary Fellowship … a Business of the Year Award … and a Musical Director Award.
– His business activities include: Y1 Investments, where he owns a stake in 377 enterprises around the world … d.w.I.P, where he owns 12 UK trademarks … Promenade Music, which is an award-winning music business that owns “one of the largest and best stocked music shops in the north of England” … and Faith & Hope Records; who have had a string of UK charts hits, including a number 1 … had their music on major Hollywood films … the adverts of world leading brands … on television programmes globally … and were once described as “the most successful label in the city” by The Manchester Evening News.
– David is a passionate supporter of the arts and he’s a Patron of the Halle Orchestra … Friend of Help Musicians; Friend of the Independent Society of Musicians Trust; Friend of the Royal College of Music … Member of the Royal Nothern College of Music; Member of the British Film Institute; Member of Lancaster’s Footlights; and a Member of the National Association of Music Merchants.