Alan Callan is a British businessman, record producer

Record producer

A record producer is an individual working within the music industry, whose job is to oversee and manage the recording of an artist's music...

 and music executive

Music executive

A music executive or record executive is person within a record label who works in senior management, making executive decisions over the label's artists...

. He has worked as an executive for Swan Song Records

Swan Song Records

Swan Song Records was a record label launched by the English rock band Led Zeppelin on 10 May 1974. It was overseen by Led Zeppelin's manager Peter Grant and was a vehicle for the band to promote its own products as well as sign artists who found it difficult to win contracts with other major labels...

 (a record label established by English rock band Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin were an English rock band, active in the late 1960s and throughout the 1970s. Formed in 1968, they consisted of guitarist Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones, and drummer John Bonham...

 in 1974), as a business manager

Business manager

In a general context, a business manager is a person who manages the work of others in order to run a business efficiently and make a large profit...

 for Jimmy Page

Jimmy Page

James Patrick "Jimmy" Page, OBE is an English multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and record producer. He began his career as a studio session guitarist in London and was subsequently a member of The Yardbirds from 1966 to 1968, after which he founded the English rock band Led Zeppelin.Jimmy Page...

, and as a chairman for Scottish Open Championship Ltd.

Scottish Open (golf)

The Scottish Open, which has been sponsored by Barclays Capital since 2002, is one of the richer golf tournaments on the European Tour. It is currently played at Castle Stuart Golf Links in Inverness in the North of Scotland...

 He was also the founder and CEO of the short-lived startup WorldSport.

Personal life

Alan Callan is a vegetarian and has been a follower of buddhist teachings since 1973. He was diagnosed with bone cancer

Bone tumor

A bone tumor refers to a neoplastic growth of tissue in bone. Abnormal growths found in the bone can be either benign or malignant .-Classification:...

 in April 2000, and has been battling the disease over the years.

External links

• What did you do during the boom, daddy? Times Online
• Callan's eulogy for Peter Grant Proximity Led Zeppelin fanzine.