David El Sayegh is Deputy CEO. He had previously been Secretary General since 2013, in charge of the Legal Department, Institutional Relations, Anti-Piracy and Music Services.
He has played a major role in the transformation and development of Sacem in recent years. He has been at the forefront of the battle to defend and promote the recognition of authors' rights at the French and European levels, and has made a major contribution to the development of the legislative and regulatory framework that has enabled the establishment of international partnerships with the major digital players.
David is a specialist in intellectual property law and worked for five years at Soulié & Coste-Floret, before joining Sacem for the first time, in the Internet, Media and Reproduction Rights Collection Division. In 2007, David joined SNEP as Director of Legal Affairs and New Technologies, before becoming their CEO from 2009 to 2013.
David is President of the Board of Directors of European Grouping of Societies of Authors and Composers (or Groupement Européen des Sociétés d'Auteurs et Compositeurs, GESAC), President of the Public Affairs Committee (GPC) in CISAC, the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers and a member of the Board of Directors of Copie France.
He is also a member of AFPIDA and of Alai, acting as a representative in the Commission for article L. 311-5 of CPI for the remuneration of private copying, a member of the Council for Literacy and Artistic Property (CSPLA) and Publication Director of the Revue Internationale du Droit d'Auteur (Rida).
