As Assistant Vice President, Strategy and Business Affairs, Creative, John Ellwood works to develop and execute BMI’s business strategies in the Creative department with the goal of building and maintaining BMI’s global market share across all genres and platforms. He also provides business and legal support during contract negotiations with new and existing songwriters, composers and publishers.
Ellwood joined BMI in 2007 as an Executive Legal Assistant, where he provided administrative support to BMI’s Legal Department. Since being sworn in as an attorney in 2014, he has shouldered increased responsibilities and was Senior Attorney, Legal and Assistant Vice President, Legal at BMI before assuming his current role in 2022. Prior to joining BMI, he was a legal assistant in the Civil Division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York.
Ellwood holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from The College of Staten Island and a Juris Doctorate from Seton Hall Law.