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A senior commercial leader with accountancy (Chartered Global Management Accountant™), strategy (Strategic Management, Innovation) and law (Commercial Contracts) qualifications, specialising in music rights licensing, with extensive experience working for and with collective management organisations, music publishers and record labels.As Chief Commercial Officer at Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO), I develop and execute IMRO’s commercial strategy, including negotiating music licences with broadcasters, music streaming services, multinational video-on-demand services, concert promoters and public premises. I also lead IMRO's International activities, representing IMRO at cross-industry forums and partnering with like-minded companies worldwide to secure royalties for IMRO members in the most competitive and efficient ways.Commercial partnerships also fall within my remit, whereby I manage IMRO's rights management service lines, including the operation of the Irish MCPS mechanical rights business, administration of PPI sound recording licensing, and cable retransmission partnership agreements with major UK broadcasters operating in Ireland.If you have any music licensing, intellectual property, or copyright law questions, I can help with, please feel free to reach out here on LinkedIn or via Twitter (@seandonegan). Key Skills:• Negotiating multi-million Euro licence agreements at a c-suite/senior level.• Presenting and drafting comprehensive commercial reports • Speaker at industry panels, workshops and seminars• In-depth music rights knowledge spanning music, broadcast, concert, streaming and film sectors• Conceptualising, implementing and delivering profitable strategies

Listed skills include Music Licensing, Business Strategy, Marketing Strategy, Copyright Law, and 20 others.