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Simon Robson

President, International, Warner Music

Simon Robson is the President, International of the New York, NY-headquartered Warner Music Group. He has worked with WMG in various roles since 1998. WMG credits Robson with leading the company’s transition to a digital-focused business model in Asia. Simon Robson: Career History Simon Robson started his career at the accounting firm Coopers & Lybrand … Continued

Jake Wisely

Partner, Concord

Jake Wisely is a partner and Director on the Board at Concord. Wisely acted as Chief Publishing Executive at Concord until January 2021 when he joined the company’s Board, maintaining an advisory role in the day-to-day operations of Concord Music Publishing. He was CEO of independent music publisher and rights manager, The Bicycle Music Company, … Continued

Jacqueline Saturn

President, Virgin Music Label & Artist Services

Jacqueline Saturn is President of Virgin Music, which partners with independent labels and artists. Since September 2022, Virgin Music has operated as a division of Virgin Music Group – Universal Music Group’s flagship global services division for independent partners. Saturn was named President of Caroline in 2018, overseeing all aspects of the operation’s business, including … Continued

Helen Smith

Executive Chair, IMPALA

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

Frank Briegmann

Chairman & CEO, Central Europe, Universal Music Group

Frank Briegmann oversees Universal Music Group's operations in Germany, Austria, Benelux and beyond

Emmanuel de Buretel

Founder, Because Music

Emmanuel de Buretel founded Because Music in 2004 after a near-two decade career with EMI and Virgin

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

Charlie Walk

Founder & CEO

Charlie Walk is a former President of The Republic Group and the CEO & Founder of Music Mastery

Bob Pittman

CEO & Chairman

Veteran media executive Bob Pittman is known for co-founding MTV and is currently Chairman & CEO of audio company iHeartMedia

Annabella Coldrick

CEO

Annabella Coldrick is the CEO of Music Managers Forum and a founding member of EMMA, the European Music Managers Alliance

Rell Lafargue

President and COO, Reservoir

As Reservoir’s President and Chief Operating Officer, Rell Lafargue oversees all aspects of the company’s day-to-day operations in New York, Los Angeles, Nashville, London, Toronto, and Abu Dhabi. When Lafargue joined Reservoir at its inception, the company represented four songwriters and 2,000 songs. Building on over twenty years of industry experience, he built the company’s … Continued

Thomas Coesfeld

CEO, BMG

Coesfeld was previously Chief Financial Officer of BMG from April 2021, and before that was Deputy Chief Financial Officer of BMG from October 2020.

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

Austin Daboh

Austin Daboh is an artist development specialist with a background in radio and music streaming

Jo Charrington

President, Capitol Records UK

Jo Charrington is co-President of EMI Records in the UK and a widely-respected A&R specialist. Charrington’s career began as a marketing assistant at London Records in 1992. After stints at Virgin Records and BMG, she worked in artist management for five years before moving to Epic where she began working closely with her former London … Continued

Jane Dyball

Founder, Laffittes Ltd

Jane Dyball is an award-winning music executive with more than 20 years’ experience. She provides strategic advice for businesses and individuals in the music and music tech industries via her own company Laffittes Ltd. Dyball graduated from Bristol University in 1984 with a degree in law before getting a job in music publishing at Virgin … Continued

Kristen Burke

Former President, Warner Music Canada

Burke spent 20 years at Universal Music Group before joining Warner Music Canada in 2021

Geoff Taylor

CEO

Geoff Taylor is CEO of the BPI