Fran Nevrkla hosts his final music industry Christmas drinks party today - a tradition he started in 1981 during his days at Warner Music.

The PPL chairman will step down from his position at the end of the year, having joined the organisation as chairman and CEO in 2000 from Warner.

We felt it fitting, then, to dig through the Music Week archive and dust off the special profile piece put together to celebrate Nevrkla being honoured with our famous Strat ...