Olga FitzRoy

Olga Fitzroy is a recording and mix engineer at Associated Independent Recording (AIR) studios and campaigner for shared parental leave and fair pay.

Education
Fitzroy was born in Berlin and educated at a Madras College in  St Andrews, Scotland. She initially wanted to be a drummer in a punk rock band, but completed a Tonmeister degree at the University of Surrey which included a placement as a runner at Associated Independent Recording (AIR) studios.

Career
Fitzroy works for Associated Independent Recording (AIR) studios in Hampstead, London. She has worked with George Michael, Paul McCartney on the Love album, Chris Martin from Coldplay, Dave Grohl from the Foo Fighters, Matt Bellamy from Muse and Hans Zimmer. She has mixed music for the London 2012 Olympics.  her recent projects include The Crown, Ghost Stories by Coldplay and Doctor Who seasons 11 & 12. She has served as a member of the board of directors of the Music Producers Guild (MPG).

Campaigning
Fitzroy stood as prospective parliamentary candidate for the Labour party in Croydon South in the 2019 General Election against the winning conservative incumbent Chris Philp. 
She is the founder of Parental Pay Equality and co-founder of Pregnant Then Screwed.

Awards and honours
Fitzroy was named recording engineer of the year at the Music Producers Guild (MPG) awards in 2016. She was recognised by the BBC on Woman's Hour power list in 2018 for her successful campaign for shared parental leave and maternity allowance for self-employed and freelance staff. Fitzroy won the 2019 campaigner of the year award at Music Week's women in music awards.

References

Category:Alumni of the University of Surrey
Category:People educated at Madras College
Category:People from Berlin
Category:People from Glasgow
Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
Category:Living people
Category:Labour Party (UK) parliamentary candidates