BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.) has appointed Shirin Foroutan as Vice President, Creative, Europe.
Foroutan will be based out of BMI’s London office and report to Alex Flores, Senior Vice President, Creative, effective immediately.
In this role, Foroutan will work closely with BMI’s London office to expand its creative efforts throughout Europe which includes supporting the songwriters, composers and music publishers who choose to license their work through BMI in the United States
“I look forward to her success as we work to build on our wonderful relationships with the European songwriting community and optimize industry relationships to grow our market share across all genres of music.”
Alex Flores, BMI
Before joining BMI, Foroutan was the Chief Operating Officer for MPC Film, a division of Technicolor, where she was responsible for overseeing more than 2000 visual effects artists out of London, Bangalore, Vancouver and Montreal.
She was also the Global Managing Director at Mute Group of Companies and led teams in the recording, music publishing and artist management divisions in London, New York and Berlin.
Prior to Mute, she held several different roles, including advising for the Olympic and Paralympic Games in London and Vancouver and legal affairs for Live Nation Global Touring.
BMI recently claimed the ‘highest royalty distributions of any music rights organization in the world’ following a record $1.196 billion distributed and administered to its songwriters and publishers in the year ending June 30, 2019.
“I’m thrilled to welcome Shirin to BMI,” said Flores.
“She brings the right blend of business savvy and creativity to this role, which will greatly benefit BMI’s unparalleled roster of songwriters and composers.
“I look forward to her success as we work to build on our wonderful relationships with the European songwriting community and optimize industry relationships to grow our market share across all genres of music.”
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