caption website associated_acts years_active birth_name image_size article_title background birth_date genre image origin name occupation
colin lester - british music manager http://www.jemartists.com/ craig new heavies remi nicole julian velard mannequin david travis arctic monkeys daisy chainsaw the brand 1979 -- present colin lester 147 colin lester
 non_performing_personnel 26 may 1960 r rock and roll , disco , pop , progressive rock & b , indie rock , soul , colin lester 1.jpg london , united kingdom colin lester artist manager
colin lester

colin lester -lrb- born 26 may 1960 in london -rrb- is a british artist manager of r&b , pop and rock music acts .
lester has managed the careers for numerous commercially successful british and international artists .
he was awarded ` the peter grant award ' for outstanding achievement from the united kingdom 's music manager forum in 2002 .
in 2007 , lester was awarded the prestigious ` gold badge award ' by basca -lrb- the british academy of songwriters and composers association -rrb- for his work with uk songwriters .
the following year , in 2008 , lester was made a ` visiting fellow ' of southampton solent university where he also lectures on topics of the ` music industry ' .
lester owned a significant stake in the recording company wildstar records for which he also acted as co-director and co-owned artist management wildlife entertainment .
