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.

DOYEN Coralie

Coralie Doyen

Director @Wallifornia

PÉTERS Xavier

Xavier Péters

CEO @LeanSquare

BURTON Laurent

Laurent Burton

Head of ICC @Noshaq

Leading voices

Leading voices from previous editions

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Jacquelle Amankonah Horton

Founder & Ceo at Fave (CH)

32

Richard Burgess

President and CEO at A2IM (US)

34

Magali Clapier

Director, Music Licensing Operations at Spotify (FR)

31

Julien Dumon

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

35

Cris Falcão Garcia

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

30

Karim Fanous

Innovation Manager at Abbey Road REDD (UK)

36

Andreea Gleeson

CEO at Tunecore (US)

38

Sofie Hvitved

International Advisory Committee at MediaFutures (DK)

29

Sudha Kheterpal

Artist & Pitch Coach (UK)

37

Priyanka Khimani

Founder at Khimani & Associates (IN)

39

Willy Kokolo

Policy Officer - Cultural Policy at European Commission (BE)

40

Helena Kosinski

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

41

Pedro Kurtz

Director Content & Operations, LATAM at Deezer (BR)

42

Catherine Lückhoff

Co-Founder & CEO at 20fifty (ZA)

43

Andreea Magdalina

Community Leader / Innovation at Coachella (US)

44

Chris Manning

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

45

Christina Matteotti

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

46

Andrew Melchior

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

47

Naoki Osada

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

48

Deborah Papiernik

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

49

Neeta Ragoowansi

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

50

Meng Ru Kuok

CEO & Co-Founder at BandLab Technologies (SG)

51

Ali Samadpour

Client Solutions Manager at Meta (US)

52

David Slitzky

VP Music & Artist Strategy at Epidemic Sound (NO)

53

Dries Smet

Strategic Projects Lead at TomorrowLand (BE)

54

Casandra Strauss

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

55

Takayuki Suzuki

Managing Director at MusicTech Japan (JP)

56

Jo Twist

CEO at BPI (UK)

57

Rachel Young

Head of Product, Distribution & Monetisation, EMEA at TikTok (UK)