Rod Smallwood

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Rod Smallwood, co-manager of heavy metal band, Iron Maiden and co-founder of Sanctuary Records in 1976, now the world's largest music management company. The company was named after the Maiden song by the same name. He met his business partner, Andy Taylor (music entrepreneur) at Trinity College, Cambridge where they were students.

Prior to managing Iron Maiden, Smallwood managed Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel. The experience was so unpleasant, he almost quit music management permanently.

The Iron Maiden [[A-side and B-side "Sheriff of Huddersfield" was written by Iron Maiden about Rod Smallwood, and was released on the 1986 single "Wasted Years". It likens Smallwood to the Sheriff of Nottingham, due to his notorious stinginess with money, and refers to his frequent complaining about a (then recent) move to Los Angeles. Smallwood didn't know about the song until the single was released.