Dieter Gorny, Deputy Chairman of German record industry trade body BPW since 2006, has been elected chairman of Bundesverband Musikindustrie, Germany's new trade organisation, which has been created through the previously reported merger of BPW with the German branch of the International Federation Of The Phonographic Industry.
The merger took place under Edel chief Michael Haentjes, who was chairman of both trade bodies for a time, but he did not want to continue in that role in the merged organisation. Recognising his predecessor's role in creating the new organisation, Gorny said last week: "During the past two years Michael Haentjes has set the necessary course in the associations. The whole industry thanks Michael Haentjes for that".
The board of the new body confirmed Gorny's appointment, telling reporters: "With Dieter Gorny we have found the ideal person to represent the interests of the music industry internally and externally".