BETHANY THOMAS
LICENSING EXECUTIVE

In 2023 I joined the Footprint team as Junior Licensing Analyst and progressed to the role of Licensing Executive in May 2025. I am responsible for handling the collecting society licence negotiations for our client Marquee TV, a performing arts streaming service, and I work closely with our key clients HBO Max and Viaplay on a wide range of licence negotiations across Europe.

Before joining Footprint, I studied music at the University of Cambridge, and after graduating I freelanced at a global music publisher as a choral music editor. I then worked at a tech start-up, making licensed content available to musicians and collaborating with music publishers on solutions to digital copyright infringement. Having had my interest in music and media law piqued, I started studying part-time for the Post-graduate Diploma in Law in September 2024.

Outside of work and study, I attempt to keep up my choral singing in churches and my violin playing in orchestras across London. I love hiking with family and friends with my proudest achievement to date being fundraising for and completing the 24-hour National Three Peaks Challenge in August 2025. I now stick to hikes without a crazy time limit.