Jodie Ferneyhough

Who is Jodie Ferneyhough?

Jodie Ferneyhough is the current President of the Canadian Music Publishers Association. He was Creative Director for Universal Music Publishing Canada for almost a decade until leaving the company in 2001.

Ferneyhough joined UMPG-Canada in June 2001 as creative director and worked his way up to managing director. He was instrumental in the careers of such Canadian artists as k-os, Sam Roberts and Hedley. He also worked with established international acts Jann Arden, Shania Twain, and Avril Lavigne. Before joining Universal he was music publisher peermusic's creative director, and before that he worked in management, booking and as a festival and trade show coordinator. He told Billboard.biz that "I've done pretty much everything there is in the business except for work for a record label".