EMI to cash in on golden oldiesGuy Hands Guy Hands (born 1959) is a financier and the current CEO of the private equity firm Terra Firma Capital Partners, which he founded in 2002. Career summary Educated at Ravenscroft School, Beckington, The Judd School, Tonbridge, and Mansfield College, Oxford, Hands started , whose Terra Firma private equity company owns EMI (ElectroMagnetic Interference) An electrical disturbance in a system due to natural phenomena, low-frequency waves from electromechanical devices or high-frequency waves (RFI) from chips and other electronic devices. Allowable limits are governed by the FCC. , has brought in the Bruce Springsteen-loving former boss of Odeon Cinemas and Dunkin' Donuts Sources: Dunkin' Donuts is an international coffee and donut retailer founded in 1950 in Quincy, Massachusetts, U.S. by William Rosenberg. Corporate Profile History to head the struggling record company's lucrative music catalogue. But Stephen Alexander Stephen Alexander (born November 7, 1975) is an American football tight end who currently is on the Denver Broncos. He previously played with the Detroit Lions, San Diego Chargers, and Washington Redskins. , who spent 17 years with drinks and food group Allied Domecq Allied Domecq PLC was an international company, headquartered in Bristol, UK that operated spirits, wine, and quick service restaurant businesses. History Allied Domecq was the result of a 1994 merger between Allied Lyons and Pedro Domecq.[1]. before joining Terra Firma five years ago, has some musical pedigree. His elder brother went to Charterhouse Charterhouse [Fr.,=Chartreuse], in London, England, once a Carthusian monastery (founded 1371), later a hospital for old men and then a school for boys, endowed in 1611. The school, which became a large public school, was removed (1872) to Godalming, Surrey. W. M. school with Peter Gabriel Peter Brian Gabriel (born 13 February 1950, in Chobham,[1] Surrey, England) is an English musician. He first came to fame as the lead vocalist and flautist of the progressive rock group Genesis. After leaving Genesis, Gabriel went on to a successful solo career. and Mike Rutherford and played guitar on the first album their group, Genesis, recorded in the late 60s. From Genesis to Revelation, released by Decca, has languished in the bargain bins of record shops for years. Alexander's job is to make sure that EMI's back catalogue does not meet a similar fate. Hands has been criticised for his plan to take power away from the A&R men who find and sign new acts and put it in the hands of what he terms "the suits". Alexander, however, insisted: "I am not a suit, I am a human being. I have great respect for people in the music industry, for what they achieved particularly in the creative, artist side of the business." EMI's catalogue does not include his favourite musician, "The Boss", who accounts for 897 tracks on Alexander's iPod and is signed to Columbia Records, part of Sony BMG. Alexander wants EMI to focus on the artists it does have and generate revenue through re-releases, live albums, digital remasters, compilations and other routes such as one-off, high-quality digital downloads. "It is not my impression that as such the catalogue has been underperforming, so much as I am not sure it has been given the level of focus and priority that it would be my contention it really warrants as a business. There has been a tendency to think that the more exciting place to be might be in the new releases end of the business." Initially he is likely to focus on the well known names within the EMI catalogue but there are acts from the 1980s and 90s he hopes to see on the reissue list. 
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