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DAVE STEWART: ILLUSTRIOUS MUSICIAN, PRODUCER AND INNOVATOR

A multi-media entrepreneur, Dave Stewart is recognized as one of the most respected and accomplished talents in the entertainment industry today. Beyond his creative works as a musician, Stewart is a renowned producer, writer, and known for his astute business acumen. He was recently named one of 100 Most Creative in Business by Fast Company Magazine.

Later this spring, Stewart will release The Business Playground: Where Creativity and Commerce Collide (Peachpit Publishing); an innovative business book designed to show business people everywhere how to rediscover their creativity. Through a mix of inspiring creative conversations with the legendary Mick Jagger, Tony Award winning director Matthew Warchus, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, case studies of ground-breaking companies like Google, NASA and Nokia, stimulating stories and a quirky selection of idea-inducing games, business people will be able to bring the workplace back to life and unleash their creative potential. The foreword is written by Virgin mogul, Sir Richard Branson. The book will be released in the United Kingdom in April and North America in July.

Stewart's career spans more than 25 years and more than 100 million album sales. With Eurythmics' partner Annie Lennox, Stewart delivered ingenious pop/rock such as "Here Comes The Rain Again", "Who's That Girl", "Would I Lie To You", "Missionary Man", and "Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)". In 1999, the duo was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the Brits followed by a world tour which saw proceeds donated to Amnesty International and Greenpeace.

One of the most sought-after writers and music producers, Stewart has crafted songs for and collaborated with the likes of Bono, Bryan Ferry, Gwen Stefani, Tom Petty, Anastacia, Celine Dion, and Shakira and has shared the stage with everybody from BB King, U2, Eric Clapton, Bruce Springsteen, Mick Jagger, and Bob Dylan. He has won Best British Producer four times, Best British Songwriter five times as well as numerous Grammy, MTV and European awards.

A highly-regarded artist and filmmaker, Stewart has scored films for directors Robert Altman, Paul Verhoven, and Ted Demme as well as writing and producing the title songs for many hit movies throughout the years. Together with Mick Jagger, he wrote and produced the score for Alfie, starring Jude Law, which won the pair a Golden Globe for best original song. Stewart produced the award-winning documentary Deep Blues, and his first feature film Honest premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in 2000. Stewart and songwriter/producer, Glen Ballard, recently wrote a musical adaptation of the 1990 Jerry Zucker film Ghost which will open in London’s West End.

As an entrepreneur, Stewart has worked with Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen to create "The Hospital", a multi-media creative centre and members club in London. Along with Deepak Chopra, he has launched a creative consultancy, DeepStew, and is the U.S. creative director for The Law Firm - a global creative network in 72 countries. In 2008, Stewart launched the Rock Fabulous concept brand that embraces the empowerment of the rock and roll attitude for both men and women. On his own, Stewart has established Weapons of Mass Entertainment, a "media company for the new world" (The LA Times), linking creative ideas to a host of projects in film, television, books, theatre and new media.

For the last 3 years Stewart has held the unique title of "Change Agent" for Nokia, the world's largest mobile phone company, to his resume, where he is charged with connecting the company to talent, opportunities and new ideas and creating new content business paradigms for the entertainment industry, together they are engineering a new distribution model for the next generation of the entertainment business.

Stewart recently imparted his vision and intuition to Canadian Music Week delegates during a keynote address on Friday, March 12, 2010. Along with Cindy Gomez, Stewart participated in Canadian Music Week's "Kings of Songwriting" session - a special performance in-the-round by chart-topping songwriters as they share their stories behind the hits and debut new songs.

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