Naomi Pohl
Naomi Pohl is a British trade union leader.
Pohl attended Cranbrook School and then Royal Holloway, University of London. In 2006, she became Assistant General Secretary of the Writers' Guild of Great Britain. She moved to the Musicians' Union in 2009, rising to become National Organiser for Recording and Broadcasting, then Assistant General Secretary for the Music Industry.[1] In 2019, she was elected as the union's Deputy General Secretary, and in the same year was also elected to the executive board of the International Music Council.[2] In 2020, she was listed on Music Week's Women In Music Roll Of Honour.[3]
In 2022, Pohl was elected as general secretary of the union, the first woman to hold the post.[1] On election, she described her top priorities as including improving pay, obtaining better royalties for streamed music and tackling sexual harassment within the music industry.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Naomi Pohl Elected as First Female General Secretary of the Musicians' Union on International Women's Day". Musicians' Union. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ "Naomi Pohl (UK) elected to IMC's Executive Board". International Federation of Musicians. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ "Women In Music Roll Of Honour 2020: Naomi Pohl". Music Week. 19 October 2020. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
- ^ "Naomi Pohl becomes the first woman to be elected General Secretary of The Musicians Union". PRS for Music. Retrieved 14 March 2022.