Three new Directors have been elected to the PRS Members’ Council — you can find out more about the appointments below.
These latest additions to the Council were formally announced during the 2026 PRS Annual General Meeting (AGM), which took place in central London earlier today (11 May).
The three new Council Members are Dobs Vye, Emily Phillips and Simon Anderson.
Experienced media composer Dobs has nearly 200 TV credits to his name, including Mitchell and Webb Are Not Helping (Channel 4), Time Is Money (ITV) and Win Win (ITV / Lottery). He has also composed and produced 20 library albums, while he was a prominent artist manager in the nineties for the likes of Dido, DJ Sasha and John Digweed.
Emily is a multi-instrumentalist, lyricist and songwriter who has worked on three Platinum-selling UK albums and several top 10-charting songs on both sides of the Atlantic. Emily has collaborated with the likes of Sigrid, Rizzle Kicks, Shaznay Lewis and John Newman during her career, and has been part of The Ivors Academy’s songwriter committee for several years.
Simon is a media composer whose work has been placed in several TV adverts, feature films and TV shows. He also oversees publishing and label rights at the production music library Audio Network, managing global royalty collections and delivering payments to over 1,000 writers — most of whom are PRS members.
Today’s AGM also saw the appointment of Ross Greening (EVP, Global Administration of Universal Music Publishing) as a designated Publisher Council Member.
Speaking about the appointments, Julian Nott, Chair of the PRS Members’ Council, said: ‘PRS belongs to the songwriters, composers and publishers it represents. In a world where there is greater competition for eyes and ears than ever before, the Members’ Council is vital in putting members’ voices first and ensuring the society continues to adapt and evolve to meet creators’ needs, now and in the future.
‘I welcome Simon, Emily, Dobs and Ross, and look forward to their expertise and input over the coming years.’
In his speech at the AGM, Julian thanked outgoing Council Members John Truelove, Jackie Alway, Laura Mvula and V V Brown, before praising CEO Andrea Czapary Martin’s ‘bold commitment to transforming PRS into a billion-pound society in just five years’.
Andrea, who will step down from her role at the end of this year, said: ‘As we look to the future, it’s clear that the opportunities for creators are expanding. Our role is to make sure the system continues to work for them so that as the industry grows, the value flows back to the people who create the music. They have a right to be rewarded for their contribution, for their creativity to be protected and encouraged, to know that those who look after their rights do so with comparable energy and innovation.’
PRS will begin the process of identifying its next CEO, who will be tasked with continuing to deliver for members in an increasingly global and digitised music landscape, in due course.
The AGM also included updates on PRS's future investment commitments — such as in products and services for members — increasing the capacity within member support teams, and redesigning core distribution systems to manage the ever-increasing volumes of data, which will accelerate more payments from a quarterly to monthly basis.
This follows the recent publication of PRS's financial results, which revealed that the organisation paid out £1.07bn to rightsholders in 2025. Royalties were paid out across 7.8 million registered works, a 41% rise since 2020 that has been driven by growth in live, streaming and international markets. Total collections reached £1.24bn, with record live revenues (£101.4m), strong public performance (£313.4m) and online (£447.2m) royalties, as well as an 11.8% rise in streaming.
