“It didn’t feel like I was shattering a glass ceiling when I became president [of Decca]. I’ve never felt being a woman has stopped me doing anything.

When I look at the history of Decca and think, ‘God, I’m the first woman to have run this label’, it’s staggering.

But, while I might be the first, there are some brilliant women in my own company and elsewhere. This is just the beginning.”

REBECCA ALLEN,  DECCA


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