UNIFIED’s Ash Hills wins 2025 Lighthouse Award

The award was announced at the Association of Artist Manager Awards in Melbourne

Hills will receive a $5,000 grant to support her business and professional pursuits

The Lighthouse Award exists to support forward-thinking managers who are dedicated to Australian music

General Manager of UNIFIED Artist Management AU/NZ, Ash Hills, has won this year’s Lighthouse Award. She will receive a $5,000 grant to support her business and professional pursuits. 

Hills is a part of the leadership team at UNIFIED Music Group, which collectively manages the likes of Ocean Alley, The Amity Affliction and Vance Joy. She also personally manages Dan Sultan and Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers, and is a board member of the Association of Artist Managers (AAM). 

Hills says: “I am beyond honoured to be the recipient of this year’s Lighthouse Award. I look up to and respect the previous winners of this award so much and to be recognised alongside them is incredible.  

“I want to extend a big heartfelt thank you to APRA AMCOS and Linda who has left an incredible legacy, and to the amazing artists I have the privilege of working with every day. Without them this would not be possible.  

“Management is all about the people you have around you, and I’ve been really lucky to have incredible people support me in this industry from an early stage and I hope I can do the same for others.” 

Open to all women and gender diverse artist managers, the Lighthouse Award exists to support forward-thinking managers who are dedicated to Australian music. It was established to encourage artist managers in memory of pioneering artist manager and mentor, Linda Gebar, who died tragically in 2008 soon after the birth of her second child.  

Previous recipients of the award have included Bonnie Dalton, Charlotte Abroms, Hayley Ayres, Jen Cloher, Kristy Gostelow, Lorrae McKenna, Maggie Collins and Simone Ubaldi. 

Karen Don, Head of Membership at APRA AMCOS, adds: “We’re delighted to honour Ash with this award for the incredibly important contribution she’s had to the artists she manages and to the music community as a whole. 
 
“In an industry where women and gender diverse people are often marginalised, awards like this are so important to the work that we all do in supporting and encouraging more people like Ash to enter the industry and build long-term, sustainable careers.” 
 
Hills was presented with the award at the Association of Artist Managers (AAM) Awards on Wednesday 30 April in Melbourne.