Othniel Mombel

Othniel Mombel is a music executive working principally as artistic director and legal and business consultant. He's also a music business trainer and author of 2 books (Music : The Value Chain & Sonacalm : Practical Guide on Music Rights, released repectively in 2024 and 2025)
Telecommunications and network engineer by training, he decided to devote himself fully to the role of cultural operator in 2017, after working part-time as a musician, artistic director and cultural centre programmer since 2013.
He graduated from the HEMA Online Music Academy in 2022 and completed the training programme at Scène d'Ebène in 2021. Between 2020 and 2021, he studied Introduction to Music Business, Introduction to Music Theory and Vocal Recording Technology at Berklee Online Music College. He is currently taking the course "Understanding the Music Industry - What is the Music Worth?" at Vanderbilt University (online) and "Starting an Online Business - The Fundamentals of Digital Marketing on Google".
Since 2022, he has been the educational coordinator and instructor in music theory and music business at Mr. Leo's Lionz Academy. In 2023, he was one of the main trainers for the music business training session at Escale Bantoo. He was also a trainer and panellist at the 2023 and 2024 editions of the Yaoundé Music Expo.
Between 2021 and 2024, Othniel has been an administrator at the Bastos Music Laboratory. He is the artistic director for the artist Mr Leo and a consultant for his music label, Lionz Muzik. In addition, he is a managing partner of the MUTUMBU management agency and coordinator of the music business training programme at Escale Bantoo.
In addition, Othniel occasionally works as a teacher of music theory, classical guitar, orchestration, composition and music writing, as well as a music business consultant for individuals, artists and cultural organisations.