– USA, NY – Reservoir Media, Inc. (NASDAQ: RSVR), an award-winning independent music company, today announced the appointments of Dr. Helima Croft and Jennifer Lee Koss to its board of directors effective as of July 28, 2021.
“Helima’s and Jennifer’s financial acumen and impressive experience across industries in the capital markets will complement the strong leadership team we put together here at Reservoir,” said founder and CEO, Golnar Khosrowshahi. “Helima brings nearly two decades of investment and capital markets experience, while Jennifer brings past board experience, as well as an entrepreneurial background from her leading roles at BRIKA and Springbank Collective. We look forward to both of their contributions and guidance as we begin our journey as a public company focused on consistent, profitable growth.”
About Dr. Helima Croft
Dr. Croft brings nearly 20 years of leadership and capital markets experience. Currently, she serves as a Managing Director and the Head of Global Commodity Strategy and the Middle East and North Africa Research at RBC Capital Markets, where she leads a team of commodity strategists that cover energy, metals, and cross-commodity investor activity. Before her current roles, Dr. Croft was a Managing Director and Head of North American Commodities Research at Barclays. She has also spent time at the Council on Foreign Relations and the Central Intelligence Agency.
Dr. Croft is a member of the National Petroleum Council, a select group of individuals who advise, inform, and make recommendations to the U.S. Secretary of Energy concerning any matter relating to oil and natural gas. She also serves on the board of directors of the Atlantic Council, is a member of the Trilateral Commission, and is a Life Member of the Council on Foreign Relations.
Dr. Croft received her Ph.D. in Economic History from Princeton University in 2001.
About Jennifer Lee Koss
Ms. Koss brings significant leadership experience derived from serving on numerous boards of directors and over 10 years of experience in management consulting, investment banking, and private equity. She currently serves as a Founding Partner of Springbank Collective, a coalition of values-aligned investors, corporations, and non-profits directing capital and resources into building infrastructure that supports all women and working families to eliminate the gender gap.
She also currently serves on the board of directors at various companies: Komplett Group, Active Brands AS, Dream Unlimited, Moller Eiendom, Senscom, and Sneakersnstuff. In addition, Ms. Koss is the founder of the retail agency BRIKA and serves as a trustee for the National Ballet of Canada.
Ms. Koss is a Juilliard-trained cellist and a graduate of Harvard University, Oxford University, and Harvard Business School.
Dr. Croft and Ms. Koss collectively said, “We are thrilled to join the board of directors of Reservoir. This is an extremely exciting time for Reservoir as they are the first U.S.-based publicly traded independent music company. With Reservoir’s significant catalog, track record of strategic M&A and cash flow generation, the company is primed to seize opportunities from the attractive industry dynamics and powerful secular tailwinds in the coming years. We look forward to working with the Reservoir team to be a leader in this compelling industry while further building on its history of success.”
About Reservoir Media, Inc.
Reservoir is an independent music company based in New York City and with offices in Los Angeles, Nashville, Toronto, London, and Abu Dhabi. It is the first U.S.-based publicly traded independent music company and the first female-founded and led publicly traded music company in the U.S. Founded as a family-owned music publisher in 2007, Reservoir has grown to represent over 130,000 copyrights and 36,000 master recordings with titles dating as far back as 1900, and hundreds of #1 releases worldwide. Reservoir holds a regular Top 10 U.S. Market Share according to Billboard’s Publishers Quarterly, was twice named Publisher of the Year by Music Business Worldwide’s The A&R Awards and won Independent Publisher of the Year at the 2020 Music Week Awards.
Reservoir also represents a multitude of recorded music through Chrysalis Records, Tommy Boy Records, and Philly Groove Records and manages artists through its ventures with Blue Raincoat Music and Big Life Management.
For more information: http://www.reservoir-media.com/
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