Brian Monaco

Brian Monaco is the President, Global Chief Marketing Officer of Sony Music Publishing. He joined Sony in July 2012 as EVP, Commercial Music Group following the acquisition of EMI Music Publishing, where he was EVP, Worldwide Head of Advertising, Film & TV for both EMI Music Publishing and EMI Records (which included Astralwerks, Blue Note, Capitol Records, Parlophone and Virgin Records). Prior to Sony Music Publishing and EMI Music, Monaco founded a talent company called Worldwide Talent Group in 1995. Monaco has been profiled/interviewed by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, Rolling Stone, Billboard, Music Week and Variety. He has also been featured on numerous Music Industry Power Lists, including The Billboard Power 100 List, Variety's The Power of New York List as well as recognized as Billboard's Branding Power Players List. Monaco is a voting member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, The Recording Academy and Songwriters Hall of Fame.