Max Lousada

Max Lousada is a music executive and the co-founder of 26.2 a music company with offices in London and New York. 26.2 is in partnership with Sony Music for global distribution. He previously served as CEO of Recorded Music for Warner Music Group and oversaw the company’s recorded music operations including labels such as Atlantic Records, Warner Records, Parlophone, 300 Elektra Entertainment and Warner Music Nashville. Lousada earlier served as Chairman and CEO of Warner Music UK and led Atlantic Records UK for nine years. Over the course of his career he has been instrumental in releases by artists including Coldplay, Ed Sheeran, Dua Lipa, Bruno Mars, Stormzy, Fred Again and Charli XCX. Originally from Tooting Bec, South London, England, Lousada became involved in the music industry in the 1990s with the emerging dance music scene in Brighton. He later founded his own independent imprint, Ultimate Dilemma, and became the head of Rawkus Records' operations outside North America. In 2002, he was appointed head of A&R at Mushroom Records UK, which was acquired by Warner Music Group and became part of Atlantic Records UK. He became the CEO of Recorded Music at Warner Music Group in 2017.