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Universal digital chief appointed to executive board
By Chris Cooke | Published on Wednesday 22 May 2013
Universal Music has announced the appointment of Rob Wells to its Executive Board. Wells, who has been with the mega-major for over a decade, rose out of the firm’s UK division to lead the company’s digital business, initially for Universal’s non-US International division, and now at a Group level working out of Santa Monica. In those senior digital roles he has also become a high profile Universal exec, as the major strikes up deals with each new round of digital services.
Confirming Wells’ appointment to his company’s Executive Board, Universal top man Lucian Grainge told CMU: “[Rob’s] promotion to the UMG Executive Board reflects not only the strength of his performance and his contributions to the company, but also the critical priority we place on – and significant opportunities we see for – our digital business. We congratulate Rob on his many achievements to date and know that he and his team will continue to deliver results in the months and years to come”.
Wells added: “We are very excited to continue to drive UMG’s industry-leading digital position in more and more creative ways than ever before”.
