Phil Dudderidge

Phil has a distinguished career in the professional audio industry, initially working as Led Zeppelin’s touring soundman in 1970. He set up RSD Systems Ltd in a partnership of three in 1971, building bespoke PA systems with custom-built mixing consoles. This evolved into Soundcraft Electronics Ltd, a company specialising in live and studio mixing consoles, which was sold to Harman International Inc in 1988. Phil acquired the assets of Focusrite Ltd. in 1989 and rebuilt the business as Focusrite Audio Engineering Ltd. Focusrite Plc was formed in 2014 to take the group public on AIM. Phil served as Chief Executive Officer of Focusrite from 1989 until he became Executive Chairman in 2012 and then Non-executive Chairman of Focusrite Plc in January 2022.