Colin Lester

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Colin Lester OBE
Colin Lester - British music manager
Background information
Birth name	Colin Lester
Born	(1960-05-26) 26 May 1960 (age 64)
Origin	London, England
Genres	R&B, pop, rock
Occupation	Artist manager
Years active	1979–present
Website	http://colinlester.com/

Colin Lester (born 26 May 1960 in London) is a British artist manager of R&B, pop and rock music acts.

Colin Lester has managed the careers for numerous British and international artists. He was awarded 'The Peter Grant Award' for outstanding achievement from the United Kingdom's Music Manager Forum in 2002.^{[citation needed]}

In 2007, Lester was awarded the prestigious 'Gold Badge Award' by BASCA (The British Academy of Songwriters and Composers Association) for his work with UK songwriters. The following year, in 2008, Lester was made a 'Visiting Fellow' of Southampton Solent University where he also lectures on topics of the 'Music Industry'.^{[citation needed]}

Lester owned a significant stake in the recording company Wildstar Records for which he also acted as co-director and co-owned artist management Wildlife Entertainment.^[1]