PRESENTATION - Richard Conlon

Featured Speaker:

Richard Conlon, Founding Partner of CatchPoint Rights 

Richard Conlon is a Co-Founder & Partner at Catch Point Rights Partners, an alternative investment management firm focused on the music rights and royalties sector. Prior to Catch Point, Richard served as Chief External Affairs Officer and Chief Corporate Development Officer at SoundExchange the digital sound recording rights agency, overseeing the artist relations, global public policy and communications teams and the company’s expansion into new lines of business. Previously, a senior executive at Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) for more than 20 years, serving as Senior Vice President Corporate Strategy, Communications & New Media. Richard launched BMI’s global digital rights licensing division, managed corporate communications and oversaw the firm’s global corporate strategy and planning efforts. He served on the Board of Directors of The Canadian Musical Reproduction Rights Agency Ltd where he was Chair of the Management Committee and on the Board of Directors of SXWorks. Richard holds an M.A. in Communications Management from the Annenberg School of Communications at the University of Southern California; B.A. in English from Boston College.