Biography

Mark Kitcatt, born in South London in 1964, and there raised. Teenager and music fan in the late 70s and early 80s, he spent all his time and any money he could get hold of in the city’s record shops, grubby music venues, and Selhurst Park. Kitcatt has spent over four decades in the independent music sector, from early roles at Rough Trade UK to leading Madrid-based Everlasting Records and Popstock Distribuciones, the eminent Iberian music companies, with offices in Madrid, Barcelona and Lisbon. Building long-lasting careers for artists like Guadalupe Plata or Los Punsetes and releasing the first commercial hits of global stars Nathy Peluso or El Guincho, Kitcatt has also held senior leadership roles across the independent sector, including as founding member and former treasurer of UFi (the association for independent music in Spain) and chair of IMPALA. In 2026. Kitcatt was elected chair of the worldwide network WIN. He resides in the bohemian barrio of Chueca in Madrid with his wife and children.