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Robb McDaniels

CEO, Beatport

Robb McDaniels is CEO of digital music service Beatport. He founded INgrooves in 2002. McDaniels previously served as the Executive Chairman of FACTION Entertainment, which he founded in 2015. Robb MacDaniels: Career history Robb McDaniels got his start in investment banking and structured finance at Marsh & McLennan Securities, ultimately serving as a Vice President … Continued

Bob Valentine

CEO, Concord

Bob Valentine is a music business veteran and, since July 2023, the CEO of Concord. Prior to becoming CEO of Concord, Valentine was President of the Nashville-headquartered music company, which operates across music publishing, recorded music, and theatricals. Bob Valentine: Career history Bob Valentine joined Norman Lear’s Act III Communications in 1999 when it acquired … Continued

Pascal Bittard

Founder, IDOL

Pascal Bittard is the Founder and CEO of Paris, France-headquartered IDOL.

Ian McAndrew

CEO

Ian McAndrew is the CEO and founder of UK artist management company, Wildlife Entertainment Ltd. The company was established in 1989. In addition to Arctic Monkeys, Wildlife has also worked with the likes of Travis, Miles Kane, The Last Shadow Puppets, Arctic Monkeys, Royal Blood, Paolo Nutini and Isaac Gracie. Ian McAndrew: Early career Having … Continued

Helen Smith

Executive Chair, IMPALA

Helen Smith is Executive Chair of Independent Music Companies Association, IMPALA

Elizabeth Matthews

CEO, ASCAP

Elizabeth Matthews joined ASCAP in 2013 in an EVP role from her prior tenture at Viacom

Denis Handlin

Chairman & CEO

Chairman & CEO, Australia & New Zealand, Denis Handlin AO is Sony Music Entertainment's longest-serving employee and has overseen the success of Australian artists such as Men at Work, Silverchair, Daryl Braithwaite, Tina Arena, Delta Goodrem, Human Nature, The Veronicas, Gang of Youths and more

Colin Young

Founder & Owner

Colin Young is a veteran music accountant and the Founder and Owner of music accountancy firm C.C. Young

Charles Kirby-Welch

Founder & CEO

Charles Kirby-Welch is the CEO and Founder of Kartel Music Group

Cameron Strang

Former CEO

As former CEO of both Warner Bros. Records and Warner/Chappell, Cameron Strang is the only person in the music business to simultaneously run both a frontline major record label and a leading music publisher

Bang Si-hyuk

Chairman

Bang Si-hyuk, also known as "Hitman" Bang, is the Founder and Chairman of HYBE, and producer behind K-pop group BTS

Andre de Raaff

CEO

Andre de Raaff is the Co-Founder and CEO of CTM and the Co-Founder and former CEO of Imagem Music Group

Alison Wenham

Chief Operating Officer

Alison Wenham OBE is a veteran of the independent music world, having co-founded both the Association of Independent Music (AIM) in the UK, and the Worldwide Independent Network (WIN)

Elie Habib

Co-founder & CTO, Anghami

Elie Habib co-founded Anghami, which floated on the NASDAQ in 2021

Joe Kentish

Joe Kentish is a prominent figure in the UK music industry, currently serving as President of Warner Records UK. Known for his astute talent-spotting skills and strategic vision, Kentish has significantly shaped the careers of some of today’s biggest musical acts. Joe Kentish: Early Career and Industry Breakthrough Kentish’s music industry career began with entrepreneurial … Continued

Lisa Yang

Managing Director, Media & Internet, Goldman Sachs

Lisa Yang is Managing Director of Media & Internet at Goldman Sachs’ Global Investment Research. In this role, she is a prominent analyst of music business stocks. Yang is also the lead writer of Goldman’s influential annual paper on the music business and its future, Music In The Air. In their June 2023 update of … Continued

Oscar Höglund

CEO, Epidemic Sound

Oscar Höglund is the co-founder and CEO of Stockholm, Sweden-headquartered Epidemic Sound

Lucas Keller

Founder and President, Milk & Honey

Since its founding, Lucas Keller's Milk & Honey has represented songwriters who have worked with Drake, Justin Bieber, Doja Cat, Post Malone, Dua Lipa, Chance the Rapper, and Calvin Harris