Simon Seow To Lead The IFPI’s New Southeast Asia Regional Office

SINGAPORE (CelebrityAccess) — The Worldwide Federation of the Phonographic Trade introduced it has expanded its footprint in Southeast Asia with the opening of a brand new regional workplace in Singapore.

The brand new regional workplace, which providers Southeast Asia, shall be overseen by Simon Seow, who has been appointed to the newly created function of IFPI Regional Director for the area, reporting on to IFPI Chief Govt Frances Moore.

The brand new workplace launches following a call by the IFPI to reconfigure their operations in Asia amid the altering wants of the recording trade.

On account of the shakeup, IFPI’s Beijing workplace has turn out to be the Better China workplace and coordinates with IFPI’s Nationwide Teams in Hong Kong and Taiwan. IFPI’s regional workplace in Hong Kong has closed and Asia-Pacific international locations – Japan, Korea, Australia, India, and New Zealand will as an alternative report on to IFPI headquarters in London.

“The fast tempo of technological improvement creates new alternatives in addition to challenges for artists and the recording trade. I stay up for serving to to form the atmosphere for them to flourish and proceed to carry music to everybody.” Seow stated.

Earlier than becoming a member of IFPI, Seow oversaw the mental property coverage work of the Singapore authorities, together with overseeing a complete evaluate of Singapore’s copyright system that resulted within the passing of the nation’s new Copyright Act in September 2021.

He beforehand led their mental property coverage in relation to public well being, and opinions of the IP dispute decision system and registered designs regime.

“This transfer will permit us to proceed to help the event and development of music markets throughout Asia, while focusing our bodily presence in Southeast Asia as we work to allow the thrilling and dynamic development of music markets within the area,” stated Frances Moore.