Downtown Music (Downtown) has officially promoted David Driessen to be their new Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), and he will now be tasked with expanding the company’s global market share and driving revenue across its four divisions.
Those four divisions include Publishing, Distribution, Artist and Label Services, and Royalties and Financial Services.
Driessen had been serving as the company’s Chief Business Officer, where he played a key role on the leadership team, as well as “driving growth and helping to maximize value for the company, its clients, and partners”, per an official statement.
The company says that his core focus will be building out Licensing and Partnership opportunities for the company’s “more than 50 million music assets.
“David’s leadership has been a key driver of Downtown’s success, and his promotion to Chief Commercial Officer comes at an exciting time for the company, having recently integrated our business-to-business and creator-focused operations into a single company,” Downtown Music CEO Pieter van Rijn said, in an official statement (h/t MBW).
“His commitment to our artists, clients and DSP partners positions us to continue unlocking value for our many partners across the global music industry.”
“Downtown is relentlessly focused on connecting artists with audiences, providing technology and services to music companies, and making sure they get paid what they deserve, as quickly as possible” Driessen added. “It sounds simple, but getting there requires a lot of hard work behind the scenes,”
“When artists, labels, and other rights holders trust Downtown, they know they have a partner who is deeply committed to their success.”
