Hein became managing director of Phonogram Records in the late eighties, working with artists such as Dire Straits, Def Leppard, INXS, Metallica and Elton John. Between 1995 and 2010, he was MD of Epitaph Europe, located in Amsterdam. Epitaph/ Anti is an influential independent label with artists such as Architects, Falling In Reverse, Offspring, Rancid , Bad Religion, Tom Waits and Andy Shauf. Buma/Stemra appointed Hein as CEO in 2010. In 2013 he became Chairman of FastTrack, the technology provider for CISAC, based in Paris. In 2016, Hein joined Brett Gurewitz and Lionel Conway as a partner in Mothership Music Publishing.