Leading industry player Pascal Roche joins Sacem as its new chief technology officer

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Neuilly, September 28, 2017 – Sacem have today announced the appointment of Pascal Roche as Chief Technology Officer, and the membership of its Executive Committee.

As part of his role, Mr Roche will lead the company's technology strategy and policy and steer its implementation, in line with Sacem's commitment to generating value for its members. He will also join the organisation’s Executive Committee. Under his supervision, Sacem will continue to modernise its digital tools as it pioneers in the crucial field of "Big Data".


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Sacem have three strategically important technology projects underway at present:

  • The ongoing transformation of Sacem’s digital systems for processing rights and distribution
  • The implementation of URights, the global solution for processing rights online, in partnership with IBM
  • The pursuit of innovative projects, such as the experimentation with blockchain, which was launched by Sacem alongside ASCAP and PRS for Music.

Mr Roche previously held senior management positions in the Fnac group for 15 years, (from 1998 to 2013), where he contributed to the launch and development of its e-commerce site, Fnac.com and its multichannel systems, both in France and internationally. He was also Vice-President for Online Commerce at Dassault Systèmes from 2013, where he worked on defining and implementing an online services marketplace which launched a 3D printing platform, on-line and worldwide.

Mr Roche is a graduate of the University of Lille (Master's in Science in Management from the IAE of Lille and DESS Information Systems and Decision Support).

Commenting on his appointment Mr Roche, said: "I am very proud to be appointed the Chief Technology Officer of Sacem, a global player in rights management. I have been impressed by Sacem's technological potential and know-how. I am committed to bringing the experience and skills I have acquired working for two major international groups in order to continue the success of Sacem's digital transformation in an ultra-competitive international environment ".

Jean-Noël Tronc, CEO of Sacem, said: “We are delighted to have Pascal Roche on board driving forward the digital transformation and innovation of Sacem. Mr Roche’s experience and expertise in the technology sector will be invaluable in helping Sacem to develop and leverage its digital capabilities to help us maximise value and opportunity for all our rights holders.”
 

SACEM'S EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE 

The Executive Committee of Sacem, includes the Chief Executive Officer, Jean-Noël Tronc in addition to:

  • François Besson, Cultural Action
  • Catherine Boissière, Communications and External Relations
  • Louis Diringer, Membership
  • David El Sayegh, General Secretary
  • Philippe Otero Del Val, Finance
  • Pascal Roche, Technology
  • Cécile Rap-Veber, License and International
  • Louis-Jérôme Texier, Human Resources
  • Stéphane Vasseur, Regional Network

Alain-François Kempeners, Director for Auditing and Internal Control, and Florence Graveline, Data Protection Officer, also report to the Chief Executive Officer.

About Sacem

About SACEM

The Society of Authors, Composers and Publishers of Music (SACEM) aims to represent and defend its members’ interests in view of promoting musical creation in all its forms (from contemporary music to jazz, rap, hip-hop, French chanson, film music, music for video, etc.) along with other repertoires (humor, poetry, dubbing-subtitling, etc.). Its key mission is to collect royalties and distribute them to authors, composers and publishers whose works are disseminated or reproduced. A private organization, SACEM is a non-profit entity managed by creators and publishers of music elected to its Board of Directors.
It has 161,170 members, including 19,650 creators from outside France (4,206 new members in 2016) and represents over 118 million works from the global repertoire.
In 2016, SACEM distributed royalties to 298,000 authors, composers and publishers worldwide for more than 2.2 million works.