BILLBOARD CONFERENCE
Mike Van is the President of Billboard where he is responsible for operating all aspects of the brand. In his previous role as Executive Vice President of Global Brand Partnerships, Billboard experienced unprecedented growth and set all time revenue and profitability records. Mike brings over twenty-five years of media, monetization, marketing, and brand partnerships experience including positions at TBWA Chiat/Day, Complex, Electronic Arts and Pandora. He was named to Gold House’s 2023 #A100 list where every May, the #A100 honors 100 Asian Pacific leaders who made the greatest impact on culture and society. Currently his focus for Billboard includes the global expansion of the brand of which recent launches in the Asia, MENA, Europe, and LATAM regions are all in support of making Billboard the most influential music media brand worldwide.
Nicolas Baudoin is president of Billboard France, a new edition of the world's leading music media brand (+100M subscribers) created with the support of the So Press group. Previously, he participated for 4 years within Warner Music Group in the launch in France of the international distribution label ADA and then in the structuring of a division bringing together the labels Atlantic Records France, ADA France, ADA France, Rec. France, Rec. 118 and Elektra France.
Managing director of Billboard France, Ulysse Hennessy began his career as a music producer. In particular, he obtained a platinum record in 2019. He then joined the mergers and acquisitions teams at Deezer and then Rothschild & Co, before launching Billboard in France at the beginning of 2025, with the support of So Press. It is the first French edition in the history of Billboard, a reference media with more than 100 million subscribers worldwide.