A&R - Founder

Nicolas has worked, for the last 10 years, on discovering and nurturing new talent. Having been concert producer, manager and record label project manager, today he is A&R manager at Believe. He holds a Master of Law.

A&R - Promotion - Founder

Music industry professional, Arnaud has worked with artists in their daily routine for nearly 10 years as Head of Marketing with Sony (Indochine, J. Dutronc, DJ Cam, KDD, J. Zenatti...), and with Double V Management (L. Bertignac, D. Hallyday, P. Henry, LKJ...). Well known among the media, he is one of the first to have used the internet to successfully develop his artists. He holds a Ph-D in Philosophy.

A&R

Aurore has been an activist in the hip hop scene for many years. She joined Believe after holding the positions of communication assistant with the label Moya ( Ricksweet's, from ménage à 3, label ) and commercial assistant for « Just Like Vibes » ( Flynt, Oxmo Puccino, Haroun...). She takes care of the promotion and the development of hip hop, soul and RnB artists for Believe. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts.

President - Founder

Denis has been working in the new media sector in Europe and the United States for the last ten years. Before founding Believe in December 2004, he managed the internet and new media activities for Vivendi Universal in the United States as Chief Strategic and Financial Officer. There, he managed the restructuring and development of the first digital music service (eMusic), the first music social networking site (MP3.com), the leading mobile media distributor (Moviso / Infospace Mobile), as well as Rollingstone.com. He is a graduate of Sciences-Po, l'ESCP, Duke University and a member of the New York Bar.

CO MD - A&R et marketing - France and International

12 years of experience in the music business at EMI France where he developed artist carrier, as well as skills in marketing, media, management, content creation, newmedia. He started is carrier in 96 as export product manager, then successively took the position of head of International marketing for Virgin, working artist such as The Rolling Stones, Lenny Kravitz, Janet Jackson, Peter Gabriel, NERD, Massive Attack, Ben Harper, Kelis... Then became CO MD of EMI marketing in charge of commercial campaigns, new business development, catalogue exploitation, Disney and Hollywood records and ODEON label with artists such as Charles Aznavour and Jacques Higelin... Then became MD of Capitol France working with Norah Jones, Coldplay, Gorillaz, Etienne Daho, Mat Pokora or Jane Birkin and developed new signings with Pauline and Zaho for example.

COO, MD Germany

As founder of MTunes Digital Distribution GmbH, Helge now primarily is heading Believe's German business as well as overseeing distribution operations for the Believe group. Before entering the field of Digital Media Distribution, Helge managed a variety of business developments projects, for instance for Axel Springer Verlag or Bauer Verlag (both publishing houses - brands: Bild.de, bravo.de) as well as for BMG Entertainment. Prior to this, he served as CMO for eCircle AG, an e-mail marketing company. Already in the 1990s, Helge stepped into the digital business: as managing director for an e-commerce company as well as assistant to CEO at AOL, already in 1996.

Chief Technical Officer

For many years Laurent mixed music and computer technology : he alternated the creation of audiovisual software and the realisation and production of radio programs and of « electro » artists until the end of the 1990's in France and in the United States. Having graduated with a Bachelor of Science (computer science) from HCCC ( NY State ) and with 10 years of experience as computer technology director, he joined Believe as Technical Director.

A&R - International Promotion

Laure started out with an independent jazz label, « La Lichère ». She then moved on to work successively for physical distributors Night & Day and Media 7. In 1999, she took the position of export manager with the newly established label « Naïve ». There, she developed artists such Pink Martini, Carla Bruni, Seu Jorge, Marianna Faithful, Raul Paz, Thierry Robin... internationally and promoted the catalogues Naïve Classique, Opus 111, Travelling and Unesco. In January 2007 Laure joined Believe where she is in charge of developing the jazz, world music, soundtracks and children catalogues. She also heads European sales promotions in coordination with the local offices of Believe.

MD - Italia

Luca has 12 years of experience in the music business. In 3 years, he has brought Believe to be market leader in Italy, signing more than 400 labels. He worked in Warner as Exploitation and Marketing Manager and launched the first Warner Music Italy Internet Marketing project. He has a degree in Economics with specialization in Business Administration, attended a master in Marketing and he has a considerable experience in Finance and Accounting. In 2007, the publisher Zona published his first book "marketing on the italian Record Sector".

A&R International

Raffaela joined Believe in 2005. She is a key member of the Believe team in Italy with responsibility for managing a number of key artist and label relationships. Prior to joining Believe, Raffaela has accumulated 15 years of experience in the music industry in Italy and Germany, holding a variety of positions at Discomania, More Music or Sony Music. In Italy, she is responsible for helping several artists reach the top 5 album sales, including Paul van Dyk, ATB, Run DMC.

2002 - 2008 Creation Management
Managing Director
Formed Creation Management with Alan McGee in 2002. A music management Group widely acknowledged to be one of the most innovative amongst its competitors. Comprising six companies within the Group, including the 'Poptones' Label and 'Creation Records' (Oasis, Primal Scream and other successful bands).

1980-2002 Ricochet
Managing Director
Formed Ricochet, a music industry management company, representing artists and handling intellectual rights.
Artists managed included: Burning Spear,Culture, Incognito, Dina Carroll, Swing out Sister, Urban Species, D'Influence, Darkman, The Lighthouse Family, Ben Onono, Hurricane #1 and Andy Bell (of Oasis).
Negotiated high value & complex publishing, recording and international touring contracts for artists with record companies
Developed a highly motivated and capable team and international careers of the artists and specific marketing plans for each artist on a territory by territory basis.

Internationally, Believe is supported by a staff of 40 dedicated employees in six countries across Europe (the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Germany, Spain and Portugal) and the United States.