A veteran with more than 30 years of experience in the music industry, Dean Augustine started his career as a Pop Buyer and rose to the position of General Manager at Tower Records Singapore. He was headhunted by local music retailer Gramophone to manage Operations & Marketing and aggressively expanded its business operations in Singapore with prominent stores in key shopping areas. Next, he was hired by S2S Japan Inc, the founder of Avex Trax. The co-founder Ken Suzuki roped him to join their label in Singapore as Head of A&R/Marketing for regions beyond Japan. In his capacity as the Managing Director, he managed S2S for the region Asia & World (with exclusion to Japan territories). During his stint at S2S, he started the artist development and promotion of local artists such as Tay Kewei, MICappella and worked with overseas artists such as Aiza Seguerra, Vanessa Carlton, Lani Misalucha, MYMP, Sofia Kaillgren, Erick Santos, Angus & Julia Stone and more.
Listed skills include Music Industry, Music, Digital Marketing, Entertainment, and 12 others.