Eduardo Bautista

President of the Board of Directors of the General Society of Authors and Publishers (SGAE), President of the Academy of Arts and Sciences of Music, President of the Digital Society of Authors and Publishers (sDae), Director General of the Fundación Autor, member of the Board of Directors of the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers and Publishers (CISAC), Member of the Steering Committee of the International Bureau of Mechanical Reproduction Societies (BIEM), Vice President of the European Group of Societies of Authors and Composers (GESAC), Vice President of Latinautor, and President of the Spanish Coalition for Cultural Diversity. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees of Berklee College of Music in Boston (United States) and of the Board of Fast Track, a technology alliance of which SGAE is a founding member. Eduardo Bautista, known as Teddy Bautista, was a prominent figure in the music scene of the 1960s and 70s. Founder of the group Los Canarios, he later worked as a director and producer. He also composed the soundtracks for more than forty films and set music to more than thirty plays. As a copyright manager, it is worth noting the profound transformation he brought about at the General Society of Authors and Publishers, whose Board of Directors he joined in 1983.