Director
CurrentAustralia's most innovative and creative management team specialising in the integration of celebrities and creatives across Media, Live, Sponsorship, Endorsement, Advertising, Publishing, Music, Retail and Promotion. Mark Byrne Management was established in 1996 to service talent to Film, TV, Advertising, Live and Theatre. A strong industry reputation for discovering multi skilled artists allowed MBM to form ongoing international management partnerships in the US, UK, Europe and Asia. After signing its first music artist in 2005 to Sony, Mark was invited to partner via Sony Music Australia in a new label, Peppermintblue Records in 2006, and MBM added Music to its areas of artist development. MBM acquired Detour Management, Australia's premiere Dance, Casting and Choreographic agency in 2007, to maximize the new business opportunities to coincide with the emergence of dance in popular culture via TV, corporate entertainment and advertising. MBM was invited to manage the Network Ten So You Think You Can Danceteams , as well as providing to Fremantle Media the show’s host, judge and a long list of choreographers and industry experts. The same year MBM expanded its services to commercial book publishing and literary management by partnering in Lisa Hanrahan and Mark Byrne Literary Management. Success followed : Rae Morris's Make Up Book, Scott McGregor's Fix It and Big Boys' Toys, Monica Trapaga's Leaving Home and Natalie Bassingthwaighte and Nicole Moore's collaboration with ABC, Sistahood. Rock Chicks was the first independent title conceived and created under the group and is still enjoying international publication success with other titles to follow .In 2007 Mark Byrne Music joined the group of management companies. Natalie Bassingthwaightes debut solo album 1000 Stars debuted No 1, and a top 3 debut solo album and platinum singles for newly signed Artist, Timomatic.In 2012, Entertainment Management acquired the Mark Byrne Management group.
