Professor Jonathan Shalit OBE

Professor Jonathan Shalit OBE is one of the UK’s most influential and enduring figures in the creative industries, with a career spanning more than three decades across music, television, digital media, philanthropy and global cultural leadership. His work has shaped British entertainment, opened international opportunities for UK talent, and strengthened the UK’s global creative reputation. Awarded the OBE in the 2014 Queen’s Birthday Honours, he is the founder and chairman of InterTalent Rights Group, Chosen Music and Project 30 Studios, a group he built independently into one of the UK’s leading creative powerhouses. His companies have discovered and developed major British and international stars and Chosen Music’s landmark partnership with Universal Music in Los Angeles reflects his sustained global influence. Jonathan represents the UK internationally as a Downing Street-appointed Honorary Ambassador for the GREAT Britain & Northern Ireland Campaign, promoting British creativity and soft power in key international markets. A leading champion of diversity and inclusion, he chairs the MOBO Charity Trust and has served more than thirty years as a Trustee of Chickenshed. As Chair of Variety, the Children’s Charity, he secured its first-ever Royal Patron in His Majesty King Charles III and helped raise over £500 million. A uniquely influential figure in British cultural and public life, Professor Jonathan Shalit OBE’s impact continues to be profound and far-reaching.