MILWAUKEE (CelebrityAccess) – Music innovator Muse Group, maker of the world’s most popular online libraries, tools and community spaces for music creators (including MuseScore, Ultimate Guitar and Audacity), announces the appointment of three experienced Rich executives join its leadership team.
Debbie Dickerman Serve as chief financial officer (CFO), Sven Aarons Has been appointed Chief Growth Officer (CGO), and Muhammad “Mo” Zahedi Joined as Chief Operating Officer (COO). The new executive will drive Muse Group’s vision to provide unparalleled access to the best content and resources to music producers around the world.
These strategic executive changes underscore the company’s commitment to growth, operational excellence and financial strength as the technology and digital content leader continues to evolve with last year’s acquisition of Hal Leonard. MuseClass is a teaching platform that combines AI practical tools and educational content. It is the first flagship version of the collaboration between Hal Leonard and Muse Group in June 2024.
“Sven, Mo and Debbie bring a wealth of diverse experience to our senior leadership team. Their visionary approach, success in scaling businesses and passion for our mission will be invaluable as we will continue to evolve to best serve the global community of musicians, educators and learners. explain Eugeni Nedenov, CEO of Muse Group.
With more than 400 million users, Muse Group is the global leader in music score publishing.
Sven Ahrens, Chief Growth Officer 
Ahrens serves as Chief Growth Officer of Muse Group and has extensive experience in global business development and strategic growth plans. Ahrens most recently led Spotify’s global user and subscription growth team, driving the majority of the company’s annual revenue growth through a highly successful acquisition program coupled with its famous “Year in Review” event. During his eight years at Spotify, Ahrens also built a global team of strategy and operations managers focused on driving regional implementation of Spotify’s strategy.
As Muse Group’s chief growth officer, Ahrens will focus on growing the user and subscriber base of the company’s applications and web-based consumer products. He will lead a multidisciplinary team of product managers, software developers, growth marketers and data scientists to drive strategic initiatives to drive acquisition, activation, conversion, engagement and retention. His responsibilities include discovering new market opportunities, optimizing user acquisition pipelines and enhancing product offerings through data-driven insights.
“What excites me about joining Muse Group is the opportunity to lead a digital revolution in instrument playing and sheet music reading, much like we’ve seen over the past decade in music listening and streaming,” Aarons said. “Muse Group stands out with its best-in-class apps and the incredible content provided by Hal Leonard. The company has shown incredible growth. I believe we can do this by expanding our offerings, going international and bringing Connecting these dots with a great ecosystem of amateurs and serious musicians goes even further.
Debbie Dickerman, Chief Financial Officer
Diekelman is an experienced financial strategist who joined Hal Leonard in 2018, most recently as the company’s chief operating officer and financial officer, and has been promoted to chief financial officer of Muse Group. Diekelman has served as a financial officer for the past 24 years and has extensive experience in operational and financial strategy and optimization, acquisition due diligence and integration. Dickerman will direct the company’s financial strategy and functions, including accounting, treasury, budgeting, reporting, governance and compliance, and forecasting.
“Working with Hal Leonard over the past six years has been extremely rewarding and it is exciting to transition into the role of CFO of Muse Group as the company continues to integrate into a rapidly changing market.” Dickerman said. “We’re improving by joining forces with Hal Leonard, a legend in music notation and educational publishing, and Muse Group, the world’s most popular online resource for musicians with hundreds of thousands of users. Great opportunities for a musician’s life with truly groundbreaking solutions everywhere.
Mohamed “Mo” Zahedi, Chief Operating Officer
Chahdi joins Muse Group as Chief Operating Officer with a proven operational and leadership career. Chahdhi was previously global vice president of business transformation and employee experience at ASX-listed artificial intelligence solutions provider Appen, where he helped develop and implement the company’s transformation vision and key value creation strategies, while leading the implementation of people and culture initiatives.
During his nearly 20-year career at Dell Technologies, Chahdhi held a variety of leadership positions focused on talent and people operations. He has helped increase technology adoption and automation, delivering enhanced experiences at scale to the company’s 50,000 employees.
As Muse Group’s Operating Officer, Chahdi will oversee all aspects of the company’s operations and help guide the continued integration between Hal Leonard and Muse Group to achieve the company’s strategic goals.
“I look forward to making a significant impact on Muse Group, leveraging my operational expertise and leadership experience to ensure our operations are robust and scalable while continuing to deliver more products to music producers around the world.” Chahedi said.
