Jo Hunt

Worked in music distribution, as a label manager for Vital Distribution and then became a production manager for Mushroom Records. 1995 Jo went onto handling distribution for key labels at BMG, before being moved to V2 Records in 1996; in the field of PR. 2000 and Jo was asked to run a charity helping young Welsh musicians get into the industry - and has worked with Lost Prophets, Funeral For A Friend and Bullet For My Valentine. She set up her own management company in 2003 signing bands like Jarcrew to Gut Records and People In Planes to Wind-Up. In 2006 Jo and her brother James brought Monnow Valley recording studio. Along with running the studio, she is chairman of local charity, Monmouth Festival which provides 9 nights of free live music every summer to over 40,000 people. She has recently gone back into management, working with 'Road To V 2009' winners, The Last Republic.