Roger Faxon
Chairman and CEO, EMI Music Publishing
Roger Faxon is chairman and CEO of EMI Music Publishing and a member of the EMI board.
After graduating with a BA in International Relations & Political Economy from the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Faxon’s career took him first to the US government where he advanced to several senior posts.
Throughout the 1980s Faxon held several posts in the film and television industries. From 1980 to 1984 he was executive vice president/COO for LUCASFILM Ltd where he guided the financial and operational affairs of the company including the motion pictures Raiders of the Lost Ark, Return of the Jedi and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom.
Between 1984 and 1986 Faxon was founding partner of the Mount Company, a motion picture and television production company. Among its productions were the movies Frantic, Bull Durham and Tequila Sunrise. From 1986 to 1990 he was with Tri-Star and Columbia Pictures, rising to the post of senior executive vice president of Columbia Pictures, responsible for directing the studio’s marketing, distribution, business affairs, physical production and finance departments.
In the early 1990s Faxon joined Sotheby’s as COO its North and South American operations. He was later appointed CEO of London-based Sotheby’s Europe.
Faxon joined EMI in 1994 as senior vice president, worldwide business development and strategy where he directed the company’s global planning process and oversaw the acquisition of related businesses as well as the company’s portfolio of media investments. He also played a central role in the successful de-merger of the Thorn Group from EMI in 1996.
In April 1999 Faxon assumed the post of executive vice president and chief financial officer for EMI Music Publishing before being appointed CFO of EMI Group in early 2002. In January 2005 he was named president and COO of EMI Music Publishing and the following year became president and co-CEO before taking up his current role as chairman and CEO in March 2007.
Last updated August 2007
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