Catherine steers and coordinates all external communication activities in conjunction with Sacem’s Executive Committee. She provides advice and expertise on projects, and represents and defends the interests of Sacem and its members in the cultural sector.
She guides the management of Sacem’s collection network in its relationships with clients, and particularly the trade organisations that represent them (concert venues, cafés, hotels, restaurants, etc.)
She provides support for member relations by coordinating activities with representatives from the professional groups that represent members (CEMF, CSDEM, Gam, Snac, UCMF, Unac, etc.)
At the National Music Centre (CNM), Catherine represents Sacem on the Professional Council, and is Jean-Noël Tronc’s deputy on its Board of Directors. She participates in working groups and ensures that Sacem is well represented in all of them. In addition, she coordinates all exchanges between the CNM and the music sector’s professional organisations.
She is a member of the Gender Equality Strategy Committee and contributes to its recommendations and actions. She participates in all the redesign workshops for observational studies on musical diversity within the CNM.
As a board member of many organisations in the sector, Catherine actively participates in the coordination of the Victoires de la Musique awards, the Studio des Variétés training centre and the Ensemble Intercontemporain creative performance group. She is involved in the associations Tous pour la Musique, la Culture avec la Copie Privée and France Créative.
In Europe and internationally, Catherine contributes to the communication strategies of Gesac, the European Grouping of Societies of Authors and Composers, and Cisac, the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers, in particular by coordinating action in defence of authors’ rights.
She is involved in groups that promote equality and the position of women in the cultural sector, notably through mentoring and the Keychange programme.
Within Sacem, Catherine Boissière and her teams lead the Varieties, Memory and Gender Equality commissions.
