SYDNEY, Australia — Thomas Peabody is the new CEO of Heaps Decent, the Australian organization that empowers underrepresented young people through creative expression, music, and digital media, Billboard can exclusively reveal.

As chief executive, Peabody succeeds Nerida Woods, who has led the youth music and arts organization for the past 13 years. In that time, Woods oversaw an expansion of its workshops, deepened its community partnerships, and generally strengthened its role as a creative pathway for young, marginalized people.

Peabody joins from Sony Foundation Australia, where he served as communications and grants manager, and will guide a period of “significant growth,” reads a statement.

The year ahead “is about showing up for more young people,” Peabody tells Billboard. “We’re

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