Leanne de Souza was an artist manager for almost 20 years, working as an integral part of the success of many high profile Australian artists. She worked as Executive Director at the AAM, before stepping down to take on an executive position at Nightlife Music. Leanne is also a foundation board member at QMusic, a previous Executive Programmer of BIGSOUND, and was a lecturer in music business at Griffith University, TAFE and JMC Academy.