Tina Funk worked as a journalist before entering the music industry at Virgin Germany in 1994, then joined Independent Intercord as Label manager for Mute Records. In 1997 she was member of the set-up team for Richard Branson’s V2 Records and left in 2000 to establish an affiliate for Mute Records in Berlin.
Together with Mute, Tina Funk joined EMI in 2003 where she soon became Managing Director of the newly created EMI division Virgin/Labels/Mute and eventually went on to run all EMI frontline labels in Germany as Senior Vice President Music Division.
In 2008 Tina Funk co-founded the management consultancy Creative Lobby GmbH together with a renowned German law firm. In her career, she has worked with many great artists, a.o. Depeche Mode, The Rolling Stones, Robbie Williams, Pharell, Daft Punk, Nick Cave, Norah Jones and many more. In 2013 Tina Funk joined Vevo, the world’s leading all-premium music video and entertainment platform, and launched Vevo Germany.