Jérôme Payette is Executive Director of the APEM, the association representing Quebec and French-Canadian music publishers. He is Vice-Chair of the Coalition for the Diversity of Cultural Expressions and serves on the Board of Directors of MétaMusique, as well as on the boards of Quebec’s and Canada’s leading music coalitions.
His career has included positions at UNESCO and the Orchestre symphonique de Laval, as well as consulting work in the cultural sector. He holds a master’s degree in management and a specialized graduate diploma (DESS) in cultural organization management from HEC Montréal, as well as a bachelor’s degree in jazz performance from the Université de Montréal.