Ruby runs Business Affairs for leading composer agency and music publishing firm Manners McDade (a division of Faber Music). Her background is in composer management and music copyright.

Ruby gained a first class BA in Music Industry Management at Canterbury Christ Church University, followed by an MA in Film Studies at UCL with her dissertation focussing on contemporary film scoring. She then worked at the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers & Authors, before joining Manners McDade as A&R Executive, working directly with composers for film and TV including ITV’s Thunderbirds Are Go and Amazon’s Catastrophe.

Having recently completed a masters in Entertainment Law at the University of Westminster, Ruby began handling all legal and contract work for Manners McDade, before specialising in Commercial Rights Business Affairs for Faber Music. Ruby speaks on a number of expert industry panels in the UK as well as at international conferences Music Finland’s Music & Media in Tampere and the East Coast Music Association in Halifax, Canada.