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 Roger Faxon is a veteran music and media business executive whose career has included leadership posts with some of the world’s best-known music, film and television companies. Having previously been Chief Financial Officer and an executive director of London-based EMI Group plc, in January 2005 he was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer of EMI Music Publishing, the world’s largest and most successful music publishing enterprise.
As part of the succession plan for the management of the New York-based division, Mr Faxon stepped down from the EMI Group board when he assumed his new role but from 1 April 2006 he will re-join the board when he becomes joint Chief Executive Officer of EMI Music Publishing alongside current Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Martin Bandier. Mr Faxon will assume the sole CEO position on 1 April 2007 and succeed Mr Bandier as Chairman on 31 March 2008.
Mr Faxon became Chief Financial Officer of EMI Group in early 2002. As well as being a main board director of the company he played a central role in the development and implementation of the strategy for EMI which as well as EMI Music Publishing includes the EMI Music division whose artists include Norah Jones, Coldplay, Robbie Williams, Janet Jackson, Paul McCartney, The Beatles, Kylie Minogue, Lenny Kravitz and The Beach Boys. Mr Faxon was part of the EMI executive team that implemented a reorganization of EMI Music, which generated a year over year increase in operating profit worldwide of 83%.
Mr Faxon first joined EMI in 1994. He assumed the post of Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for EMI Music Publishing in April 1999. During that time he worked closely with Mr Bandier to extend EMI’s position as the world’s leading music publishing company and grow operating profit by 20%. In addition to overseeing the publishing division’s financial affairs, he was also responsible for strategy, planning, administration, IT and Human Resources and for all of its Latin American and Asian publishing operations. And, as the company’s chief strategist, he had worldwide responsibility for its extensive e-commerce initiatives.
For the previous five years Roger was with EMI Group as Senior Vice President, Worldwide Business Development and Strategy. In that role he directed the company’s worldwide planning process and oversaw the acquisition of related businesses as well as the company's portfolio of media investments. In particular, he led the development of the company's new media and Internet strategy and was involved with several industry-wide initiatives to develop and expedite the digital delivery of music. Mr Faxon also served on the International Steering Committee that guided the development of DVD-Audio. He also served on the boards of VIVA Television in Germany, where he is a past Chairman, Channel [V] Networks in Asia and is currently a board member of Music Choice (Digital Cable Radio) in the United States. Roger also played a central role in the successful de-merger of the Thorn Group from EMI in 1996.
Prior to entering the music business, Mr Faxon was based in London in his role as CEO of Sotheby’s Europe, and before that as COO of Sotheby’s North and South America.
Throughout the 1980s Mr Faxon held several posts in the film and television industries. From 1980 to 1984 he was Executive Vice President/COO for LUCASFILM Ltd where he guided the financial and operational affairs of the company including the motion pictures Raiders of the Lost Ark, Return of the Jedi and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Between 1984 and 1986 he was founding partner of the Mount Company, a motion picture and television production company. Among the company’s productions were the motion pictures Frantic, Bull Durham and Tequila Sunrise. From 1986 to 1990 he was with Tri-Star and Columbia Pictures rising to the post of Senior Executive Vice President of Columbia Pictures at which time he was responsible for directing the studio’s marketing, distribution, business affairs, physical production and finance departments.
Prior to that he held several senior posts in the U.S. Government.
Mr Faxon graduated with a BA in International Relations & Political Economy from the Johns Hopkins University.
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