Alex Branson (GB)
Alex brings nearly 30 years of experience in the music industry and currently serves as SVP of Industry Partnerships at Beatport. He leads all label and distributor relationships and oversees the development of Beatport’s label tools and services division. He also identifies strategic partnerships with third-party companies that support Beatport’s growth and its wider creative community.
Before joining Beatport, Alex supported the international expansion of EMPIRE and advised major music tech companies including Facebook, Rotor Videos, and iMusician.
Earlier in his career, he founded a startup within Warner Music Group (levelmusic.com), built INgrooves’ business outside North America from the ground up, and held leadership roles at companies that helped shape the digital music landscape—negotiating the first collective DSP agreements for AIM members, developing early digital supply chain tech (Rightsrouter), launching a music service for Nokia (via Frukt), and co-founding one of the UK’s first digital distribution companies (alexlee).
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