Downtown Music Holdings has appointed Pieter van Rijn, President of the group’s enterprise {and professional} providers division, Downtown Music, to its Board of Administrators.
Van Rijn joins Downtown’s current board of administrators, together with unbiased administrators Alison Moore and Kelli Turner, who joined in January 2022.
Previous to changing into President of Downtown Music, van Rijn was the CEO of music distributor FUGA, which Downtown acquired in January 2020.
Becoming a member of FUGA in 2014 as CEO, Van Rijn developed the corporate’s international footprint, launching new hubs throughout EMEA, LATAM and APAC, and led the transformation of FUGA changing into a music tech chief.
Following the sale of its owned tune copyrights in 2021, Downtown says that it “has undergone a major transformation of its music providers companies by means of the positioning of its enterprise providers into one absolutely built-in division”.
In July 2022, Downtown Music Holdings established a brand new division to handle its international providers for artists and songwriters. Van Rijn was appointed to steer this division.
In April 2023, Downtown Music shaped a brand new Artist & Label Providers division. Ben Patterson was promoted to the position of President of the division. The Artist & Label Providers division was born from Downtown’s distribution arm, DashGo.
Most not too long ago, Downtown added new royalty and monetary providers to its choices with the acquisition of Curve Royalty Programs earlier this 12 months.
“Pieter is an distinctive government who has performed a key position in remodeling Downtown Music into the market chief for enterprise {and professional} providers.”
Justin Kalifowitz, Downtown Music Holdings
Justin Kalifowitz, Founder and Govt Chairman, Downtown Music Holdings, mentioned: “Pieter is an distinctive government who has performed a key position in remodeling Downtown Music into the market chief for enterprise {and professional} providers.
“We’re trying ahead to welcoming Pieter to the Board as we proceed to chart the way forward for the corporate.”
“I’m excited to affix Justin, Andrew and the Downtown board of administrators to proceed shaping that future.”
Pieter van Rijn
President of Downtown Music, Pieter van Rijn, added: “Already the most important end-to-end music rights administration platform on the earth, Downtown is firmly positioned as the way forward for the music trade.
“I’m excited to affix Justin, Andrew and the Downtown board of administrators to proceed shaping that future.”
“The addition of Pieter to our board additional demonstrates Downtown’s dedication and mission to empower creators and the companies that serve them.”
Andrew Bergman, Downtown Music Holdings
Andrew Bergman, CEO of Downtown Music Holdings, mentioned: “After we first got down to rework Downtown Music, our B2B division, into a completely built-in suite of enterprise service choices, we have been lucky to have such a powerful government in our group who may assist us execute on that imaginative and prescient.
“The addition of Pieter to our board additional demonstrates Downtown’s dedication and mission to empower creators and the companies that serve them.”
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