Suhel Nafar is currently the Vice President of Strategy & Development with a focus on the WANA region at EMPIRE, the leading independent label, distributor, and publisher in the US and the first stateside label to open a division to help grow the local scene in West Asia, North Africa and its diaspora. In 2018, Nafar worked at Spotify as the Global Lead of Arab Music & Culture, helping to build and launch in West Asia and North Africa. In addition to his current work at EMPIRE, Nafar was the Music Supervisor for the hit Netflix show, MO.