Downtown, the parent company of Downtown Music Publishing and Songtrust, has expanded its global finance team through a series of hires and promotions.
Dan Bettes has been promoted to Vice President, Finance and Eugenia Beltran to Director, US Accounting Operations and Treasury.
Meanwhile, Rebecca Davies Cooke has been hired as International Accounting Manager and Dan Bechhofer as Senior Accountant.
Bettes will now be responsible for all accounting and financial reporting, treasury, and FP&A infrastructure across the Company’s business units globally, as well as strategic initiatives in corporate finance and M&A.
Bettes started his career at Deloitte, providing assurance services for publicly traded Fortune 500 clients.
In her newly appointed position, Eugenia Beltran will be responsible for managing Downtown’s treasury and core accounting operations across all of its US businesses.
With over two decades of experience in the music industry, Beltran joined Downtown as an Accounting Manager in 2013 at the company’s New York City HQ. She will continue to report to Bettes.
Rebecca Davies Cooke will manage the Company’s international financial operations from its office in London and will report to Bettes.
Cooke has worked at top global accounting firms including KPMG and Grant Thornton and is both a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Tax Adviser in the UK.
Bechhofer will work on Downtown’s financial reporting processes and act as a liaison between the company and its external auditors.
Prior to joining Downtown, Bechhofer worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers as a Senior Associate.
“These additions to our growing team further Downtown’s continued investment in a diverse workforce, recruiting from both within and outside the music industry.”
Alan Goodstadt, Downtown
“When I joined Downtown in 2016, our strategy was to create the leading global rights management platform that would include a corporate finance and accounting function that could handle any transaction from any part of the world,” said Downtown CFO Alan Goodstadt.
“These additions to our growing team further Downtown’s continued investment in a diverse workforce, recruiting from both within and outside the music industry.”
“The people and systems that Dan has put in place have been the backbone supporting the company’s recent expansive growth.”
Pictured (Left to Right): Dan Bettes, Eugenia Beltran, Rebecca Davies Cooke, Dan Bechhofer.Music Business Worldwide
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