Matt Glover is leaving the British Music Experience, where he is Commercial Director, to join Graphite Media, the music and media company owned by Rob da Bank manager Ben Turner. Glover, who will become Brand Director at Graphite later this year, says it's was a difficult decision to decide to leave BME, the O2 Dome-based pop museum that opened back in March, but that Turner's offer was just too good to turn down.
He told Music Week: "It's been frustrating. It's the right offer at the wrong time. I've known Ben Turner for quite some time and it's a great company and they're at the point where they are taking a step up. Ben came to me, having seen the work I've done at AEG, and we got talking and he made me an offer."
Confirming Glover's departure, BME chairman Harvey Goldsmith said: "Matt has done a sterling job as commercial director for the British Music Experience, leading a team that, along with him, has firmly put the BME on the music industry and visitor attraction map. He will remain with us until October and we will announce a replacement in due course".