Helienne Lindvall

Helienne is the President of the European Composer & Songwriter Alliance (ECSA), as well as an award-winning professional songwriter, musician and columnist. She’s the former Chair of the Ivor Novello Awards, Board Director of the Ivors Academy and Trustee of the Ivors Academy Trust. Helienne is the writer behind the Guardian music industry columns Behind the Music and Plugged In, and is the former Head of Business & Songwriter relations for song data management platform Auddly/Sessions, backed by hitmakers Max Martin and Abba’s Björn Ulvaeus.

Hailing from Sweden, she worked as a session singer, recording artist and performer in Stockholm and NYC before settling in London, where she signed a publishing deal with BMG Scandinavia and, later, Universal Music Publishing Scandinavia. Since then she’s been working with recording artists on both sides of the Atlantic, including Roger Sanchez, Sunloverz, Big Daddy Wilson and the Dark Tenor, collaborating with award-winning writers including Jörgen Elofsson (Kelly Clarkson, Britney Spears), Patrik Berger (Icona Pop, Robyn) and Steve McEwan (Kenny Chesney, Eminem and Carrie Underwood). In 2016, her song A Better Man made the UK Eurovision finals. Recent releases include Ku De Ta, Glass Keys, Dani Senior, Menrva and Ava Vox (Queen of the Universe).