Mr Dan Rosen

Dan Rosen is the President of Warner Music Australasia and responsible for overseeing the recorded music operations for the region including an incredible roster of local and global artists. He is a lawyer, policy advisor, musician and key advocate for innovation and the creative industries.

Prior to starting at Warner, Dan served as the Chief Executive of the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA) and Phonographic Performance Company of Australia (PPCA) for a decade, the peak industry bodies for the Australian music industry. Before joining ARIA and PPCA, Dan was based in New York working as Head of Americas for ROO Media, a NASDAQ listed digital media company.

Before leaving for the United States, Dan worked as an Advisor to the Federal Minister of Communications, Richard Alston, after starting his career as a lawyer, specialising in media and technology, with Minter Ellison.

As an artist with his band Second Dan notably won Triple J’s Unearthed competition in 2003, and went on to independently release two albums and toured throughout the US and Australia.

Dan is a Fulbright Scholar who completed his Masters of Law and Business at New York University, after completing his Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and Commerce at Monash University.

Dan is a passionate voice for creative industries both at home and abroad, as a Director of Creative Partnerships Australia, and former Member of the Australian Government’s Creative Industries Taskforce, Advisory Board member of the National Indigenous Music Awards, Chair of the NSW Creative Industries Taskforce and the Victorian Government’s Creative Victoria Taskforce. He was at the forefront in advocating for Government support for the music and entertainment industries through the COVID pandemic.