Managing Director, Believe Digital UK

Stephen has more than 30 years of senior industry experience in the artist management field. Stephen founded Ricochet management in 1980, where he represented artists such as The Lighthouse Family, Dina Carroll, Urban Species, Incognito, and many more.

In 2002, Stephen formed Creation Management with Alan McGee. A music management group widely acknowledged to be one of the most innovative amongst its competitors. Creations impressive roster included Mogwai, The Charlatans, The Libertines, Kathryn Williams, Dirty Pretty Things, The Beta Band, The Kills and Mew. Whilst at Creation Stephen also ran Poptones records and consulted to The Hives.

Stephen joined the Believe team in 2010 as Managing Director for the UK.
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Digital Marketing & Product Manager, UK

Robert joined Believe in early 2009 to manage digital marketing and promotional efforts for our roster of UK artists and labels after experience running online press campaigns for artists including Mick Jagger, Keith Emerson, David Essex, Rod Stewart, Fightstar, Army Of Freshmen, Everlast, Juno (Soundtrack), Heroes (Soundtrack) and many more.

Robert was also responsible for the launch of our aggregation service, Zimbalam, in the UK and has seen the service go from strength to strength with thousands of artists choosing Zimbalam since the launch last June. He brings with him a wealth of online contacts and experience and a genuine passion for music.

Artist & Label Manager

Rick Reed has been in the music business for over 30 years. As a pro player, Rick is a vet of both extensive live, touring and recording experience, having worked with some name players and being featured vocalist on several national and international television and radio commercials.

Rick began in digital music as Content Manager, A&R, Label & Artist Representative at the groundbreaking MP3.com in 1999. After 4 years there, following the purchase of MP3.com, eMusic and RollingStone.com by Universal Vivendi, Rick was asked to join the eMusic team as Senior Label Relations Representative where he remained for 5 years, both in San Diego and NYC.

Rick comes to Believe with many years of solid experience in all phases of digital music distribution and brings with him a wealth of knowledge, an unwavering dedication to the well being and fair treatment of both artists and labels, and numerous strong relationships in the digital music industry.

Artist & Label Manager

Daniel Hubalek runs the Believe Miami Beach office since 2006.

He has a diploma in film making from London Film School and produced over 50 half hour animated TV shows like "The Ketchup Vampires" or "Fix & Foxi". He has been DJing professionally since 1989 and is producing music under the artist name Whodany. Daniel runs the record label Pearlicka Records and a viral marketing company called Whodany Inc.

Label manager

Joining Believe in 2010, Victor takes pride in the digital strategies of musicians and rights-owners he engineers.

Making or taping music since childhood, he has worked in the past with everyone from electro star Vitalic to the Classical director Myung-Whun Chung, to comedian Michaël Youn, djs Miss Kittin & the Hacker, turntablists BirdyNamNam, and the noted Jazz-violinist Simon Lockwood.

As a student in Paris, Victor published with the French Ministry of Culture a memo on the digital music revolution, that they had hoped would inspire initial efforts and negotiations on digital rights, if it hadn't been met in the dark of the forest by the music industry establishment.

Ever since, he has aimed to ride the wave of digital innovation, first within a purely-technological company, before joining the music-minded talent house that is Believe, with his vast industry knowledge and a severe music addiction.

President - Founder

Denis has been working in the new media sector in Europe and the United States for the last ten years. Before founding Believe in December 2004, he managed the internet and new media activities for Vivendi Universal in the United States as Chief Strategic and Financial Officer. There, he managed the restructuring and development of the first digital music service (eMusic), the first music social networking site (MP3.com), the leading mobile media distributor (Moviso / Infospace Mobile), as well as Rollingstone.com. He is a graduate of Sciences-Po, l'ESCP, Duke University and a member of the New York Bar.

Internationally, Believe is supported by a staff of 60 dedicated employees in six countries across Europe (the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany, Spain and Portugal) and the United States.