Maria Torres

The bilingual BIMM graduate Maria Torres started managing artists whilst studying in 2016 and has worked across various sectors of the industry. During the pandemic, she founded her independent management business, Sakura Artists with a roster that included Sinead O’Brien and Grandmas House, she is also an artist management consultant alongside esteemed manager Stephen Budd. She is passionate about supporting female and non-binary industry professionals, as shown by her work with the Saffron Springboard Project in 2021. She has recently started working with Mother Artists as an Artist Manager and Assistant to Director, Mark Bent – working across a roster consisting of IDLES, Heavy Lungs, 86TVs and Blair Davie.