TORONTO — SOCAN, Canada’s largest music and visual arts rights management organization, has officially appointed Jennifer Brown (above) as its CEO, effective today.
Brown has been the organization’s interim CEO since April 2020, following the announcement at that time of former CEO Eric Baptiste’s resignation.
With her official appointment as CEO, Brown is the first woman to lead SOCAN and the first to be appointed to the role from within the company.
Brown started her career at SOCAN in 1995 as a representative in the organization’s membership department. Since then, she has held progressive leadership positions, including vice-president of SOCAN’s licensing department, before being appointed as senior vice-president of operations and reproduction rights in 2018.
“Jennifer Brown’s work at SOCAN is exemplary, her leadership abilities are remarkable, and her passion for the interests of our members and stakeholders is unsurpassed,” said Marc Ouellette, president of SOCAN’s board of directors. “It is a great pleasure to see her rise to a role that she earned through decades of constant commitment and persistent determination to do what is right for our more than 175,000 members and nearly 300 employees.”
SOCAN also announced the recent appointments of Jean-Christian Céré as chief membership officer, effective June 28, and Vanessa Thomas as vice-president of member and industry relations, effective June 14.
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