The Sanctuary Group have appointed Richard Wheeler to the new post of Head of New Technologies Development. Reporting direct to Exec Chairman Andy Taylor, he will "oversee and co-ordinate the commercial exploitation, through new technologies, of Sanctuary's extensive catalogue of music and visual".
Previously Wheeler, who joined Sanctuary in Oct 2001 as part of a two year Management Trainee scheme, was Commercial Executive for The Sanctuary Artist Services Division.
Commenting on the appointment, Andy Taylor, Executive Chairman told CMU: "Richard's appointment further emphasises our commitment to embracing new means of delivering music and related content. Sanctuary pools its skills and manages various new technology opportunities globally under one umbrella. In order to do this we have developed an area that is 100% devoted to ensuring that the Sanctuary business model seamlessly translates into the new technology era."