“Sarah Jones is the General Manager of Songkick, the leading concert discovery app, used by 140 million fans in 22 countries. Songkick enables music fans across the globe to track their favourite artists, discover concerts and buy tickets with confidence. Songkick’s industry mission is to create dynamic marketing tools for artists enabling them to build sustainable careers in Live Music.

Sarah joined Songkick in 2018 as Commercial Director, having spent over 14 years at the BBC working in global Business Development. She negotiated multiple high-profile deals with ticketing and digital streaming platforms, such as Ticketmaster and Spotify. She was soon promoted to VP of Songkick and then General Manager in 2022. Jones has been critical in driving Songkick to profitability in 2022 for the first time in its 15 years history.

Jones is focused on cultural transformation and has a passion for mentoring, coaching and empowering teams to perform at their best. She believes in breaking the glass ceiling and clearing the path for others. As an individual, Jones is a mother of two, a role model and a passionate inspirational leader; she’s worked hard to maintain a 50/50 gender split across the team, which is rare for a tech business.”