The IVORS ACADEMY TRUST

Graham Davies is the CEO of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers & Authors (BASCA), the professional association for the UK’s music creators and the home of the prestigious Ivor Novello Awards.

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Nigel Beaham-Powell is a songwriter and composer whose collaborative work with Bella Russell includes compositions for over 400 shows, adverts for VW and BT, and the title music for national TV shows such as Wogan, Saturday Night Clive and The Time, The Place.

Nigel is a Commercial Music lecturer at Bath Spa University. He was previously Deputy Chair of the Performing Rights Society (2005-2008). He was part of several organisations (BASCA, Copyright Reform Group) lobbying the UK Government on composer’s and songwriter’s rights.

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Sarah Faulder is Chief Executive and Director of the Publishers Licensing Society. She has extensive experience of copyright and of music business, publishing industry and related regulatory issues at both a local and international level.

Sarah was a partner for ten years at city law firm, Taylor Joynson Garrett (now Taylor Wessing). She then worked in the music industry for 13 years, first as Chief Executive of the Music Publishers Association before becoming Chargée de Mission at BIEM and CISAC, the Paris based international umbrella organisations for collecting societies, and latterly Public Affairs Director for PRS for Music.

Sarah is an SPCP accredited mediator and a member of the Civil Mediation Council.

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Silvina Munich is Repertoires and Creators Relations Director, International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers (CISAC), the world’s leading network of authors’ societies.

Prior to joining CISAC, Silvina held leadership positions at PEMA Music and Disney and has worked in artist relations, production and copyright since 1990. Silvina holds a master’s degree in political science from the University of Cordoba in her native Argentina, a post-graduate diploma in international economic relations and a master of advanced studies (DEA) in Cinema, Television and Audiovisual from the University of Paris – Sorbonne.

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Sarah Rodgers is a composer and conductor and a direct descendant of the family of Henry Purcell.  Sarah has been Chai of the Composers Guild of Great Britain and a Director of the British Music Information Centre.  Sarah was a founding Director of BASCA, elected Chair in 2009 and held the post for four years. She has also served on the MCPS Board and on the Boards of the MCPS-PRS Alliance from 1995 to 2013.  She is currently on the Managing Committee of the PRS for Music Members Benevolent Fund.

In 2003, Sarah created the British Composer Awards, and was Artistic Director of the Awards for their first 11 years, establishing them as one of the most important annual events for UK composers.

Richard Skinner has a deep understanding of the music industry and leads the Music team at Coutts, Commercial Banking, which specialises in servicing the banking and funding needs of independent music businesses.

Richard joined Coutts over 40 years ago and has found his niche in the Media team, where he has been an established member for some 20 years. A highly experienced relationship banker, Richard clearly has a strong personal affinity and commitment to the sector. He has developed a reputation as being ‘the’ banker to the Indie music community, and has served on panels at MIDEM, participated in University studies on the subject of financing for the music industry and has lectured on financing IPR to post-graduates at Warwick University and to a professional audience gathered by AIM.

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