Graham Henderson

Graham Henderson became President of the Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) in November 2004.

Prior to joining CRIA, he was Senior Vice-President of Business Affairs and eCommerce at Universal Music Canada. There he had managed Universal’s e-commerce strategy and was instrumental in the launch of Puretracks.com, Canada’s first legal digital music download service.

Graham began his legal career in 1987 at Canada’s largest law firm, McCarthy Tétrault where he became a partner in 1992. In 1993 Graham left McCarthy’s to found his own practice. Graham joined forces with Stephen Stohn and Susan Abramovitch in 1997 to start Stohn Henderson, a law firm which rapidly became the leading entertainment law boutique in Canada. His clients included a veritable who’s who of Canadian music at the time (among them Alannah Myles, Crash Test Dummies, Leahy, Loreena McKennitt, Randy Bachman, The Northern Pikes, The Pursuit of Happiness, Somerset Records and True North Records).

Graham has taught entertainment law at the University of Toronto, where he earned his LL.B, after completing an MA in English Literature. Graham also holds a double major in English Literature and Fine Art History from Guelph University.

Graham lives in Toronto with his wife Margo Timmins of Cowboy Junkies and their son Ed.

The Canadian Recording Industry Association (CRIA) promotes the interests of Canadian record companies and their partners, the artists. CRIA represents more than 95 per cent of all records produced and sold in Canada.