Pan-European trade body IMPALA has announced its new management structure at MIDEM.
Current Secretary General Helen Smith will become Executive Chair, while the body will now have three concurrent Presidents - including current Pres Patrick Zelnick (of French indie Naïve) plus Michel Lambot (PIAS chief) and Horst Weidenmulle (K7 boss). Current chair, Martin Mills (the Beggars Group boss) has stepped down from his IMPALA post.
The trade body also revealed it will publish a new action plan next month which will centre on three strategic aims - to lobby Euro-types for tax benefits for the indie sector, to lobby Euro-types for more controls on major label mergers, and finally to join the rest of the music business in pushing for the ISPs to take on more responsibility for policing P2P file sharing.