{"id":1171,"date":"2018-07-06T15:57:04","date_gmt":"2018-07-06T15:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ddex.3mil.co.uk\/?page_id=1171"},"modified":"2026-02-12T20:36:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T20:36:52","slug":"secretariat","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ddex.net\/about-ddex\/secretariat\/","title":{"rendered":"Secretariat"},"content":{"rendered":"[mk_page_section bg_image=&#8221;http:\/\/ddex.3mil.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/ddex-head9.png&#8221; bg_image_portrait=&#8221;http:\/\/ddex.3mil.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/arrows.gif&#8221; bg_color=&#8221;#003a6f&#8221; bg_position=&#8221;right center&#8221; bg_repeat=&#8221;no-repeat&#8221; min_height=&#8221;230&#8243; padding_top=&#8221;0&#8243; padding_bottom=&#8221;0&#8243; top_shape_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; bottom_shape_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; sidebar=&#8221;sidebar-1&#8243;][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1526311495651{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;][mk_fancy_title tag_name=&#8221;h1&#8243; color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; size=&#8221;54&#8243; force_font_size=&#8221;true&#8221; size_phone=&#8221;40&#8243; font_weight=&#8221;900&#8243; margin_top=&#8221;65&#8243; margin_bottom=&#8221;&#8221; font_family=&#8221;none&#8221; responsive_align=&#8221;left&#8221;]Secretariat[\/mk_fancy_title][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/mk_page_section][mk_page_section bg_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; padding_top=&#8221;30&#8243; padding_bottom=&#8221;80&#8243; sidebar=&#8221;sidebar-1&#8243;][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1532016006529{padding-top: 20px !important;padding-bottom: 20px !important;background-color: #ffffff !important;}&#8221;][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1532076643058{margin-bottom: 20px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1541175428439{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]The Board appoints the Secretariat which is responsible for ensuring that the technical work required is carried out in as efficient and a speedy manner as possible and that it meets the requirements of the membership. The Secretariat also manages the promotion of DDEX, member and liaison relationships and recruitment, accounts and DDEX\u2019s operational infrastructure. The Secretariat works on a day-to-day basis with the Executive Board to ensure the strategic goals set by the Board are met.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1532011366559{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1532009701608{margin: 0px !important;border-width: 0px !important;padding: 0px !important;}&#8221;][mk_fancy_title margin_bottom=&#8221;0&#8243; font_family=&#8221;none&#8221; responsive_align=&#8221;left&#8221;]\n<h3>Mark Isherwood<\/h3>\n[\/mk_fancy_title][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1532076756569{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;4092&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1541175446522{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]Mark Isherwood spent 18 years working for the MCPS-PRS Alliance (now PRS for Music), the UK music rights collecting society and one of the biggest in the world, in senior management positions. He was responsible for the development of strategies and policies for substantial rights negotiations with a range of licensee industries, including all the major UK television and radio broadcasters and the video industry. Mark has undertaken rights acquisition negotiations for a major pan-European broadcaster, led a team of consultants in a project for the Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) examining the intellectual property rights (IPR) consequences of using Creative Commons licences in the HE and FE sectors and led a multi-party project for the European Commission assessing the value of the public domain in the digital ecosystem. He was the non-voting Chair of the Global Repertoire Database Working Group from 2010. Mark was involved in the early industry discussions on the creation and development of DDEX and has led the secretariat since DDEX\u2019s incorporation in 2006.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1532011366559{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1532009701608{margin: 0px !important;border-width: 0px !important;padding: 0px !important;}&#8221;][mk_fancy_title margin_bottom=&#8221;0&#8243; font_family=&#8221;none&#8221; responsive_align=&#8221;left&#8221;]\n<h3>Niels Rump<\/h3>\n[\/mk_fancy_title][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1532076809197{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1532081095318{margin-top: 5px !important;}&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;3811&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1532081000876{margin: 0px !important;padding: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1541175463913{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]Niels Rump has been co-ordinating the technical standards development at DDEX since 2006. As such, he is the main author of most of the DDEX standards. Niels has worked on the communication of digital rights metadata for more than two decades, initially focusing on developing commercial Digital Rights Management (DRM) systems for which several German and international patents bear his name. During his time at Fraunhofer IIS (the \u201chome of MP3\u201d), Niels started working in DRM-related standards bodies including ISO\/MPEG, AES, OPIMA, SDMI and others. For his work on MPEG standards he has received \u201cISO\/IEC certificates of appreciation\u201d. 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His main task is managing the ontology from which the XML message schemas and the data dictionary are generated. Steffen has worked on metadata-related projects for about two decades, mostly with a focus on rights metadata in the media sector. Recently he was involved in two EU-funded projects where he worked on mapping and transforming metadata. Steffen holds a diploma and a PhD in physics, both awarded by the University of Heidelberg, and spent several years in the microscopy group of a research institute for molecular biology.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1532011366559{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1532009701608{margin: 0px !important;border-width: 0px !important;padding: 0px !important;}&#8221;][mk_fancy_title margin_bottom=&#8221;0&#8243; font_family=&#8221;none&#8221; responsive_align=&#8221;left&#8221;]\n<h3>Vanessa Bastian<\/h3>\n[\/mk_fancy_title][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1532076827254{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;3808&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1708060193271{margin-top: 5px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1615228443768{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]Vanessa Bastian has worked within the music industry for almost 20 years both within major record companies, and across academic research and journalism.<\/p>\n<p>After working at EMI and representing its interests on the IFPI Market Research Committee, she then represented Warner Music International on the GRid (Global Release Identifier) and MI3P (Music Industry Integrated Identifier Project) projects before getting involved in DDEX. Vanessa represented Warner\u2019s interest at DDEX Board level and when moving to Universal Music International as Director of Digital Operations, Vanessa continued to do so for both UMGI and UMG US.<\/p>\n<p>In 2010 she stepped in to assist the DDEX Secretariat to run the 14th Plenary Meeting in New York and is now delighted to be permanently part of the Secretariat.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1532011366559{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 0px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1532009701608{margin: 0px !important;border-width: 0px !important;padding: 0px !important;}&#8221;][mk_fancy_title margin_bottom=&#8221;0&#8243; font_family=&#8221;none&#8221; responsive_align=&#8221;left&#8221;]\n<h3>Jenny Pretz<\/h3>\n[\/mk_fancy_title][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1532076827254{margin-top: 0px !important;margin-right: 0px !important;margin-bottom: 30px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;border-top-width: 0px !important;border-right-width: 0px !important;border-bottom-width: 0px !important;border-left-width: 0px !important;padding-top: 0px !important;padding-right: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;padding-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;4032&#8243; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1736181532089{margin-top: 5px !important;margin-left: 0px !important;}&#8221;][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1736181543199{margin-bottom: 0px !important;}&#8221;]Jenny Pretz has extensive experience designing and implementing business processes, user interfaces and dataflows that result in fuller and more accurate metadata in the music industry. 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