Cécile Rap-Veber holds a Master 2 in Contract Law and Private International Law and the Certificate of Aptitude for the Legal Profession (CAPA) from the Paris Bar.
Lawyer at the Paris Court of Appeal, she joined Universal Music France in 2000 where she was Director of Legal & Business Affairs, then Director of Universal Music Consulting & Content (UMCC) until 2013.
She joined Sacem in 2013 as Director of Licenses and a member of the Executive Committee. In 2016, she saw her responsibilities extended internationally, in 2019 to Operations and in 2020 to Development.
In these various functions, she was in charge of the negotiation and collection of media, phonographic and videographic media, digital exploitation, private copying and international production. She manages the management of Sacem's repertoire and the distribution of royalties collected relating to the exploitation of works in Sacem's repertoire in France and abroad. She was also responsible for the development and management of online mandates brought to Sacem by Anglo-American publishers, including UMPG, Wixen, Warner Chappell, Impel, Wise Music, and initiated and supervised the deployment of the global digital data processing and BI platform called "URights".
Cécile Rap-Veber is also Managing Director of the Society for the Administration of Mechanical Reproduction Rights (SDRM). She is President of the Board of Directors of Copie France, President of the Franco-American Cultural Fund (FCFA) and a member of the Board of Directors of CISAC (International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers) and the National Music Centre.
In October 2021, Cécile Rap-Veber was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Sacem.