 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 most successful music publishing enterprise. In April of this year, Roger re-joined the board of EMI Group and became joint CEO of EMI Music Publishing alongside Chairman and CEO Marty Bandier. Roger will become sole CEO on 1 April 2007.
Roger 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 EMI’s Recorded Music division.
Roger 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 Marty Bandier to extend EMI's position as the world's leading music publishing company. 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 digital 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. 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.
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 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.
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