Full Name
Claire McAuley
Job Title
Senior Vice President of Global Administration
Company
Warner Chappell Music
Speaker Bio
Claire McAuley was named as Senior Vice President of Global Administration at Warner Chappell Music in December 2019. She reports into the publisher’s Co-Chair and COO, Carianne Marshall and splits her time between the Chappell’s LA headquarters and the London office
In her role she focuses on continually improving the company’s technology and further developing its customer service ethos, so that its teams worldwide provide an unrivalled administration service to its songwriters and partners. She also directs the publisher’s relationship with collecting societies on administration and operational issues.
Claire began her career in the music industry back in 2006, working for BMG Music Publishing. She went on to undertake a number of roles Universal Music Publishing, advertising agency TBWA and industry body the Music Publishers Association. Her responsibilities spanned administration, business and commercial affairs, giving her an extensive background in copyright, royalties, policy and collective rights management.
She joined the team at Warner Chappell Music in 2018 as VP, International Operations. Since taking up that position, she has played a key role in optimising work flow across the publisher’s departments, including setting up a series of valuable staff training sessions, reviewing its copyright and royalties practices, and working closely with its digital team.
Claire McAuley