Vick Bain has worked in music for over 25 years; for six years she was CEO of the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers & Authors (Ivors Academy) and is a board member and Past President of the Independent Society of Musicians.  She is a Henley Business School MBA graduate, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, enrolled into the Women in Music Awards Roll of Honour and Radio 4 Woman’s Hour Music Industry Powerlist and has recently been made a Companion of LIPA.

Vick is researching a PhD in women’s careers in music at Queen Mary University London, is an Associate Lecturer on the Music Business masters program at Falmouth University and is a regular guest lecturer all across the UK. She has also authored and co-authored numerous reports and book chapters on various aspects of diversity in music and is the Founder of The F-List for Music, a not-for-profit organisation campaigning on behalf of women and gender diverse musicians.