

Speaker Biography
Ian Henderson
Senior Director European Digital Business Development, SONY BMG Music Entertainment
Ian Henderson works at Sony BMG to drive the development of digital business revenues in the European Region. His focus is on content licensing and distribution deals with new and existing partners. He is also involved in Pan-European direct-to-consumer service development.
Prior to SONY BMG, Ian worked at IPWireless where he served as Director of Business Development. At IPWireless, Ian managed the strategic relationship with Vodafone and focused on the development of next generation mobile network technologies, such as mobile television, that are becoming increasingly important to the music industry. Prior to IPWireless, Ian served as Head of Music Product Development at Orange UK and Orange Group. He has also worked for Universal Music in technology strategy and started his career as an artist manager with Mark Shimmel Management in Los Angeles. Ian has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in History and Music, from Harvard University.