Core Team
A Recipe for Success
At Wallifornia, the core team is a trio of passionate individuals stirring up ideas and cooking up bold projects. But let’s be real — every great dish needs more than just a few ingredients.
We’re surrounded by inspiring mentors, loyal friends, and essential partners who add their unique flavors, spice up our vision, and keep our ecosystem thriving. Together, they’re the secret sauce to everything we do.
Because let’s face it : the best meals, and the best ideas, are always meant to be shared.

Coralie Doyen
Director @Wallifornia

Xavier Péters
CEO @LeanSquare

Laurent Burton
Head of ICC @Noshaq
Leading voices
Leading voices from previous editions

Jacquelle Amankonah Horton
Founder & Ceo at Fave (CH)

Richard Burgess
President and CEO at A2IM (US)

Magali Clapier
Director, Music Licensing Operations at Spotify (FR)

Julien Dumon
Executive Director Digital, Phono Mechanical and Development at Sacem (FR)

Cris Falcão Garcia
MD Artist and Label Strategy GM Latin at Virgin Music Group (BR)

Karim Fanous
Innovation Manager at Abbey Road REDD (UK)

Andreea Gleeson
CEO at Tunecore (US)

Sofie Hvitved
International Advisory Committee at MediaFutures (DK)

Sudha Kheterpal
Artist & Pitch Coach (UK)

Priyanka Khimani
Founder at Khimani & Associates (IN)

Willy Kokolo
Policy Officer - Cultural Policy at European Commission (BE)

Helena Kosinski
Advisory Board Member at Music Technology UK Ex. Luminate & Nielson Music (UK)

Pedro Kurtz
Director Content & Operations, LATAM at Deezer (BR)

Catherine Lückhoff
Co-Founder & CEO at 20fifty (ZA)

Andreea Magdalina
Community Leader / Innovation at Coachella (US)

Chris Manning
Managing Director, UK & Europe at The Orchard (UK)

Christina Matteotti
Head of Music & Culture, EMEA Partnerships at Google (UK)

Andrew Melchior
Artist, Technical Advisor to Bjork and Massive Attack (UK / DE)

Naoki Osada
CEO / A&R / Investor at Avex USA (US)

Deborah Papiernik
SVP, New Business & Strategic Alliances at Ubisoft (FR)

Neeta Ragoowansi
President at MMF US, Advisor at IMMF & Global Co-Chair at Women in Music (US)

Meng Ru Kuok
CEO & Co-Founder at BandLab Technologies (SG)

Ali Samadpour
Client Solutions Manager at Meta (US)

David Slitzky
VP Music & Artist Strategy at Epidemic Sound (NO)

Dries Smet
Strategic Projects Lead at TomorrowLand (BE)

Casandra Strauss
Senior Director, Strategic Technology at Universal Music Group (UK)

Takayuki Suzuki
Managing Director at MusicTech Japan (JP)

Jo Twist
CEO at BPI (UK)

Rachel Young
Head of Product, Distribution & Monetisation, EMEA at TikTok (UK)
Partners
OUR 2025 PARTNERS
Friends