AFEM – WHO WE ARE
OUR MEMBERS, OPERATIONAL Team AND EXECUTIVE BOARD
The Association For Electronic Music has 297 member companies across over 40 countries.
Our Operational Team work to ensure that AFEM operates in a way which reflects, promotes and preserves the best of electronic music culture and brings members together as a community to solve issues and develop commercial opportunities.
Our Executive Board is the key governing body of AFEM, responsible for operational decision making and direction. Democratically elected by the membership to represent the interests of their respective industry sectors.
Operational team
BEN TURNER
AFEM CO-FOUNDER & CHAIR
Kurosh Nasseri
AFEM CO-FOUNDER & CHAIR
Finlay Johnson
CEO
ALYSSA VERA
DIRECTOR OF MEMBERSHIP, NORTH AMERICA
Jay AHERN
CHIEF STRATEGY OFFICER
HANNAH BUENING
COMMUNICATION Manager
EXECUTIVE BOARD
Our Executive Board is the key governing body of AFEM, responsible for key operational decision making and direction. Democratically elected by the membership to represent the interests of their respective industry sectors. The sectors represented are: Education & Non-Profits, Creators & Artist Managers, Distributors & Infrastructure, Media, Rightsholders, Technology & Software, Retail & Streaming, Professional Support Services and Live.
Deborah De Angelis
A-DJ Association
Education & Non-Profits
Alex Tripi
MAT MUSIC GROUP
Education & Non-Profits
ALEK KENNING
OPENDAW / Lex Luca
Creators & Artist Managers
Trina Smith
Electric Pineapple Media Group
Creators & Artist Managers
Liz Northeast
FUGA
Distributors & Infrastructure
Moody Jones
EMPIRE Distribution
Distributors & Infrastructure
Jennifer Hammel
CAA
Live
Duncan King
Skiddle
Live
Ninakeh
NINAKEH
Media
Clara Suess
Suess Media
Media
Sarah Martin
WILLIAM MORRIS ENDEAVOR ENTERTAINMENT
Professional Support Serices
JEN O'NEIL
Hoare Associates Ltd
Professional Support Serices
Loredana Cacciotti
FUTURE PLAY MUSIC
Retail & Streaming
VICKY TAYLOR
TRUELOVE MUSIC
Rightsholders
Mark Lawrence
Believe
Rightsholders
Rufy Ghazi
MUSIC TECH & RESEARCH EXECUTIVE
Technology & Software
Silvia Montello
VOICEBOX
Technology & Software
ORIGINAL FOUNDING MEMBERS
AFEM was launched in 2013 by the following group of Founding Members who were the original Advisory Board.
Amy Thomson, ATM Artists (UK)
Arny Bink, Black Hole Recordings (Netherlands)
Ash Pournouri (Sweden)
Ben Turner, Graphite (UK)
Bobby Simms, Pop Shop (France)
Brian Tappert, Traxsource (North America)
Bruce Eskowitz, Red Light Management (North America)
Carlos Correal, Insomniac (North America)
Caroline Prothero, Prohibition DJ (UK)
Danny Whittle, IBZ Entertainment (Spain)
David Levy, William Morris Endeavor (UK)
Duncan Stutterheim, ID&T (Netherlands)
Georgia Taglietti, Sonar (Spain)
Henry Village, Stackhouse Music Management / Black Butter Records (UK)
Horst Weidenmueller, !K7 (Germany)
James Barton, Live Nation (North America)
Jason Bentley, KCRW (North America)
Jason Ellis, Universal (UK)
Jason Huavere, Movement / Paxahau (North America)
Jens Thele, Kontor (Germany)
John Truelove, Truelove (UK)
Kurosh Nasseri, Nasseri (North America)
Liz Miller, Big Beat / Atlantic (North America)
Lohan Presencer, Ministry of Sound (UK)
Lynn Cosgrave, Safehouse Management (England)
Marcus Trojan, Weekend (Germany)
Maria May, CAA: Creative Artists Agency (UK)
Mark Brown, CR2 (England)
Mark Gillespie, Three Six Zero Management (North America)
Mark Jowett, Nettwerk Music Group (Canada)
Mark Quail, Mark Quail (Canada)
Martin Gontad, 2 Net Producciones (Argentina)
Matthew Adell, Beatport (North America)
Maykel Piron, Armada Music (Netherlands)
Nic Burger, F! Records (South Africa)
Patrick Moxey, Ultra Records (North America)
Patrick Stolpmann, SweetN Low (Germany)
Paul Morris, AM Only (North America)
Pedro Winter, Ed Banger Records (France)
Nikhil Chinapa, Submerge (India)
Philipp Jung, Get Physical (Germany)
Ralf Kollmann, Mobilee Records (Germany)
Richie McNeill, Totem One Love (Australia)
Sam Evitt, Method Music (UK)
Simon Dunmore, Defected (UK)
Steven Braines, The Weird & The Wonderful (UK)
Stephanie LaFera, Little Empire Music (North America)
Steve Goodgold, Windish Agency (North America)
Tim McGee, Ministry of Sound (Australia)
Tim Smith, Blood Company (North America)
Tom Preuss, Desolat / Artist A-Life (Germany)