Board members

Nacho García Vega (Madrid, 1961) is a Spanish musician, songwriter, producer and founding member of Nacha Pop among other bands. Since 1980, Nacho has recorded and produced around twenty albums and participated in numerous musical projects, TV shows and tours.

In 2014 he co-founded CoArtis, a Spanish coalition of Featured Artists that promotes along with other European coalitions a review of the rules and the artists´ rights in the digital environment. In February 2017 Nacho was elected President of the International Artist Organisation (IAO) based in Paris.  Since 2019 he is Vice President of AIE, the Spanish Performers CMO.

Tore Engström Østby, born 1972 in Norway, currently living in Stockholm, Sweden, is the founder, guitarist, songwriter and producer for Norwegian experimental hard rock band Conception and Norwegian-American progressive rock band ARK, and have composed and performed in several international music projects.

Alongside his musical career, Østby has since the late nineties been strongly involved in artists’ rights on both individual and collective basis. He is senior advisor in the Norwegian artists’ organization GramArt, where he has been employed since 1998, and is one of the founding members of IAO – International Artist Organisation in 2014, where he is currently Vice President and member of Bureau.

Ahti Vänttinen (Lahti, 1961) is the President of the Finnish Musicians’ Union. He worked as a musician and music teacher before graduating from Helsinki University and starting his career in the union, first as a legal counsel and since 2001, as the president.

Ahti has been involved in the development performers’ rights both nationally and internationally, as a member of the Executive Committee of the International Federation of Musicians (FIM) and in the Nordic Musicians’ Union (NMU). He is also Vice President of Gramex Finland, the Finnish joint CMO of music performers and producers.

Singer songwriter, graduated from Sciences-Po Paris, Suzanne shares her
time between songwriting and the management of the Guild of Artists of
Music (la GAM) she co-founded in 2013. She is also co-founder and
Director of International Artist Organisation – IAO.

In 2019 she co-founds CURA collective dedicated to mental health issues
in the french music industry.

Since January 2020 she has been appointed by french Minister of culture
as board member of the National Agency for Music (CNM).

Karin Inde is a Swedish pop and jazz singer and composer born 1974 in Karlstad. She studied music at the Music University of Gothenburg. She has released four albums in her own name and collaborated on numerous others.

As an advocate for musician and artist rights, she has held key positions such as the head of the Swedish Jazz Federation and national coordinator of Musikcentrum Sweden. Since 2023, she has served as the president of the Swedish Musicians Union.

Anneli Axelsson is a singer & songwriter born 1969 on the west-coast of Sweden. She’s a live performing and recording artist, producing, and releasing music on her own label as the artist Anneli Axon. As a session musician she’s heard on recordings with Sam Smith & Demi Lovato, Alan Walker, Michael Bolton and a lot of Swedish artists. Anneli is educated in music at the Music University of Gothenburg and Berklee College of Music, Boston, USA.

Since 2016 she’s been a board member of the Swedish Musician’s Union, and since 2022 an employee. She was the project manager for the ESF-project “React-EU: the Digital Music Empowerment”. Anneli is educated in music law and the rights of creators, and she’s dedicated to the work of a fair music industry.