Arfa is the EVP and Head of Global Music for Independent Artist Group, and was instrumental in facilitating the merger of APA (Agency for the Performing Arts) and AGI (Artist Group International) that resulted in IAG. Arfa oversees all aspects of the Global Music Division, which includes such artists as Billy Joel, Metallica, Def Leppard, 50 Cent, Mary J. Blige, Mötley Crüe, Rod Stewart, Neil Young, The Strokes, Cage the Elephant, The Smashing Pumpkins, Ne-Yo and Disturbed. In addition, Arfa was a key part of the team that oversaw Joel’s record-breaking residency at Madison Square Garden.

You can go back in time and see any concert. Who would you see and when?

Bruce Springsteen at the Bottom Line, 1975.

Best show you saw this year?

Billy Joel at Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales. It was the first time he ever played in Cardiff, and 60,000 people sang along to every word of every song.

Name a music figure you admire.

Rick Franks at Live Nation. He is the consummate pro who rolls with the punches and doesn’t get rattled. Perfect disposition for a concert promoter.