Askonas Holt is pleased to announce some new additions to our leadership team. Financial Controller Susana Tierney adds the role of Company Secretary to her responsibilities, and Emma Beecham and Sorcha Coller have been promoted to Associate Director, thus further strengthening the offering from our Tours and Projects department.

Susana joined Askonas Holt in 2001. Since training to become a qualified Management Accountant, Susana has taken control of management of the company accounts, and now joins meetings of the Board.

Since joining the Tours and Projects team in 2011, Emma has worked across a variety of orchestral tours and special projects, including Alisa Weilerstein’s Fragments and Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s recent tour of Europe with Riccardo Muti, their longest in 25 years. As Chair of Askonas Holt’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Working Group, Emma drives policies aimed at integrating DEI into all aspects of our business.

Sorcha joined Askonas Holt eight years ago, and has since been instrumental in facilitating – among many others – a series of projects with Joyce DiDonato, including a global tour of her environmental clarion call, EDEN. The central theme of the project resonates deeply with Sorcha, who co-leads efforts at Askonas Holt to make sustainable touring the norm, rather than the exception.

The news follows this week's announcement of a new office for Askonas Holt in Berlin headed by Alexander Hollensteiner, which brings Opus 3 Berlin colleagues and artists into the team at Askonas Holt.