Creative Artists Agency (CAA) has promoted Chris Burrus, Inder Gill, Sophie Kavanagh, Zakaria Laaboudi, Arlen Papazian, and Kara Petit from CAA Elevate, the agency’s program for agents and executives in training, to the Agent ranks, the agency announced on Wednesday.The moves include the Music Touring, Media Finance, Commercial Endorsements, Sports, Podcast and Global Television departments.Burrus was promoted to Agent in the Music Touring department and represents many of the world’s leading musicians, including Nate Smith, Tyler Booth, Erin Kinsey, and After Midtown, and is on the teams that support Jake Owen, Matt Koziol, and Brandon Ratcliff.
He is based in Nashville, TN, and joined CAA upon graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he earned degrees in Music for Vocal Performance with Distinction, Entrepreneurship, and Creative Writing.
He joined CAA in 2018 as an assistant to Sabrina Butera, and supported Marc Dennis, Meredith Jones, and Emily Van Allsburg in the Music Touring department before being promoted to Music Touring Coordinator in 2021.
Previously, Burrus held internships at such companies as ole Publishing, Capitol Christian Music Group, and Yep Roc Music Group.Based in Los Angeles, Inder Gill has been promoted to Agent, and will serve on the Media Finance team, led by Roeg Sutherland and Benjamin Kramer, specializing in the representation of independently financed films.
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