J. Beaumont-Nesbitt (UK)

Innovation & Education at IMMF & Consulting Artist Manager

Jake Beaumont-Nesbitt is an artist manager working with independent and signed artists, and advising managers across Europe, South Asia, and North America. Focused on technology and intellectual property rights, metadata, and usage data, to develop efficiencies for artists business models. His clients have included Radiohead, Rihanna, The Clash and Beyonce. Jake advises The International Music Managers Forum (IMMF) on artists business models, and IP policy. IMMF is a global network of associations of self managed artists and artist managers in over 50 countries from Cambodia to Mexico. Jake leads the MMF DAO project, to evaluate Decentralised Autonomous Organisation business models to raise finance for artists and build fan communities. He has also led development at Oiid, an interactive music products platform, and advised a number of tech start-ups. Jake is head of biz dev at ocean conservation charity Project Zero, the first charity to launch Web3 social tokens working across culture with a focus on music and visual arts. He enjoys freediving or scuba diving, depending on how cold it is.