Paulette Long OBE

Paulette Long OBE has worked within the music industry for 41 years beginning her career in music PR and artist management. Moving on to work for independent music publisher Westbury Music (where she became a director), Paulette worked within all areas of publishing from licensing, artist development and business affairs to royalty accounts and distribution. Also finding time to work for an advertising agency on their music accounts and an independent record label before setting up her own management and publishing company.

A previous long standing board director for The Music Publishers Association (16 years) and a previous director of PRS For Music where she held the post of Deputy Chair (the first Black person to sit on both Boards), Paulette was also a long standing trustee of the PRS Members Fund (stepping down in January 2025), and is an Ambassador for the PRS Foundation.

A founding member of ADMM (now known as ADD) who successfully created the UK music industry’s first Diversity Charter (formally adopted and implemented by UK Music), Paulette currently sits as deputy-chair of the UK Music Diversity Task Force and sits on the BPI’s Equity, Justice, and Advisory Group. In 2016 Paulette was added to Music Week’s ‘Women In Music Roll Of Honour’ and later that year received an OBE for services to the music industry. 2017 saw Paulette receiving the prestigious Gold Badge Award from The Ivors Academy (a few years later also receiving the MPA Gold Badge Award), and in 2019 holding the role of Jury President in the ‘Entertainment Lions for Music Category’ at the renowned Cannes Lions Festival. More recently Paulette became the Chair of the Music Publishers Association (MPA).

Paulette is also a qualified Peer Reviewer on the CLOCK Your Skills programme.