Jeffrey Remedios
Jeffrey Remedios is the Chairman and CEO of Universal Music Canada. He also founded Arts & Crafts Records. In 2015 he was named by Toronto Life as one of Toronto's 50 most influential people. Career. Remedios began his post-school career in music at Virgin Music Canada (later EMI Music Canada), holding various posts, including Media & Artist Relations, Digital Marketing, and Director of National Promotion. Arts & Crafts. In 2003, Jeffrey Remedios left EMI and launched Arts & Crafts Productions with Daniel Cutler and Kevin Drew. The goal of the new label was to create a vehicle to release and  promote content from Kevin Drew's new group, Broken Social Scene. Under Remedios' leadership, Arts & Crafts Productions collected 21 Juno wins. Universal Music Canada. On September 21, 2015, Universal Music Group CEO Lucian Grainge appointed Remedios as President and CEO of Universal Music Canada. Professional Associations. Remedios serves on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, Music Canada, the City of Toronto Music Advisory Council, the Toronto International Film Festival, the Canadian Opera Company, and the Art Gallery of Ontario. Education. He graduated McMaster University in 1998 with an Honours Commerce Degree and a  minor in Music. McMaster presented Remedios with its Alumni Gallery Award in 2013. Personal life. In 2015 Remedios married Lucia Graca at a ceremony in Burl's Creek Event Grounds, site of the Wayhome and Boots And Hearts music festivals. Their wedding reception included musical performances by several artists from the Arts & Crafts label. Toronto Life magazine named the couple among the city's Best Dressed in 2016.