Broadcast Music CEO and leadership

Bruce A. Esworthy, as Senior Vice President, Finance & Administration and Chief Financial Officer, is responsible for the accounting and financial areas at BMI as well as the General Services / Facilities department. Esworthy has a leadership role in BMI’s adherence to the highest standards of financial accountability.

Each year, BMI’s financial statements are subject to an audit by independent auditors PricewaterhouseCoopers. Annually, our auditors express an opinion on our financial statements based on the results of their audit. An unqualified opinion (the best opinion possible) was issued again this year, denoting that our financial statements present fairly the financial position and results of operations of BMI. This excellent level of accountability is due in no small part to the work of Esworthy and his staff.

Based in BMI’s Nashville office, Esworthy joined BMI in March 2004. Prior to that, he served in various financial management roles including the start-up of the Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation, Ingram Industries and Price Waterhouse.

Esworthy received his Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from the University of Illinois and passed the CPA examination the same year. He holds an Executive MBA from the Owen Graduate School of Management at Vanderbilt University.

Mike West is the Senior Vice President of Information Technology and Chief Information Officer at BMI (Broadcast Music Inc.). In this role, he’s responsible for the Company’s technology innovation strategy and leadership, product and application development, network operations and project management. This includes cybersecurity, new system software development and IT infrastructure and operations as well as aligning and adapting BMI’s technology needs with the everchanging marketplace.

West originally joined BMI in 2016 as the Executive Director of Enterprise Architecture and was quickly elevated to Vice President, Information Technology, where he spearheaded the architectural direction for all aspects of BMI’s technology, including the Company’s move to cloud computing.

Prior to BMI, West was the Architecture Manager at Cigna-HealthSpring, where he managed a team of architects that supported multiple enterprise systems, including claims management and patient/provider portals, to name a few. Before Cigna-HealthSpring, he worked as Vice President at Tradeweb, an international financial services business that provides fixed-income trading for many of the largest banks worldwide. In that role, West oversaw the development teams that built and maintained bond trading systems.

West holds a BS in Business Administration with a Minor in Finance from Middle Tennessee State University.

Sandye Taylor is joining BMI (Broadcast Music, Inc.) as Chief Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Officer on March 8. She will be responsible for leading BMI’s diversity, equity and inclusion strategy. Taylor will report directly to BMI President & CEO Mike O’Neill and is a member of BMI’s Executive Leadership team. She will work closely with the company’s senior management team to support BMI’s Core Values, while building on BMI’s commitment to fostering an inclusive workplace and guiding an equitable approach to attracting, retaining, and advancing diverse talent. In addition, Taylor will spearhead BMI’s community engagement initiatives.

Taylor brings nearly 20 years of experience in the DE&I space to BMI. She joins BMI from Royal Bank of Canada (RBC), where she was the Global Head of Diversity & Inclusion for the Capital Markets group since 2015. In that role, she was responsible for the RBC Capital Markets global diversity and inclusion strategy. She launched and evolved RBC’s Diversity Leadership Councils, established accountability and progress measures, guided the creation of recruitment programs to target diverse undergraduate and graduate candidates, developed relationships with key external partners, and led multiple advocacy and learning programs across the organization.

Before RBC, she worked at Bank of America Merrill Lynch (BAML) where she was Senior Vice President, Head of D&I for Global Wealth & Investment Management and Global Banking & Markets. Over the course of her 12 years at BAML, Taylor worked closely with the senior business teams and various HR functions to help foster an institutional culture of inclusive leadership, empowering BAML to attract, retain and advance talent from diverse backgrounds. In previous roles, Taylor also practiced law in public service and private law firms.

Taylor holds her Juris Doctor from the University of Maryland Francis King Carey School of Law, and her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Maryland at College Park.

Nada Latto is BMI’s SVP, Human Resources & Chief Human Resources Officer. Based in the Company’s Nashville office, Nada oversees all aspects of Human Resources, including diversity and inclusion, engagement, talent management, employee relations, learning and development, compliance, safety, payroll, compensation and benefits. She joined BMI in 2010, and has been instrumental in improving company culture and communications. In 2017, Nada spearheaded the Core Values initiative internally, enacting a fresh series of enhanced values and codes of professional conduct to guide how BMI interacts with its employees, affiliates, licensees and others.

Her career has spanned over 25 years in a wide array of industries including professional services, manufacturing, logistics and consumer-based products. Prior to joining BMI, she worked with Oreck Corporation where she was responsible for all human resources functions and was involved with moving the company’s headquarters to Nashville. In the past she also served as Sr. Vice President, Human Resources at Ozburn-Hessey Logistics (OHL) in Brentwood, TN. During her time with OHL, she was involved in acquisition and integration work that resulted in the company’s significant growth.

Nada holds a BS degree in Consumer Sciences from Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU). She has served on the MTSU College of Behavioral and Health Sciences Advisory Board, as well as the Nashville Area Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Board.