EMI Music Publishing has announced it has promoted its Scandinavian A&R director Johnny Tennander to the new role of VP of A&R (Europe), which, as you might have guessed, will give him a Europe-wide focus. The promotion follows the decision to give EMI Publishing UK man Guy Moot a Europe-wide creative remit earlier this year. Tennander will sit in Moot's team.
Look, here's what Guy has to say: "There is such strength in songwriting in Europe at the moment, and we want to make sure that we are finding the right artists and connecting them with a global audience. We have to be even smarter in the way we discover and develop songwriting talent, and the appointment of Johnny brings important additional resources to support the great work that our local teams are doing. Johnny's got a great track record in finding and nurturing songwriters with broad geographic appeal, and this new role is well-deserved recognition of his success at EMI Music Publishing to date".