Universal Music Publishing has announced details of its new European senior executive team, which has been restructured following the merger of Universal's publishing firm with BMG Music Publishing, of course. The newly appointed execs will all report to Paul Connolly, who, as previously reported, was confirmed as President of the merged company's European operations back in June shortly after the merger was completed.
Among Connolly's team will be Simon Baker, who has been confirmed as VP Finance And Operations for the whole of Europe, a role which will also involve responsibility for the continued integration of the Universal and BMG publishing companies.
In terms of country heads, former UMP chiefs in France, Germany, Italy and the Nordic region - Jean-Philippe Allard, Markus Wenzel, Claudio Buja and Martin Ingestrom respectively - will head up the merged company in their respective regions.
In Spain and Portugal BMG Music Publishing chief Carmen Lopez will take over running the merged UMP operations there, while BMG's Benelux chief Frank Bruens and BMG's Czech Republic boss Dominika Nováková will likewise take over the UMP MD roles in their respective regions.
Elsewhere, Antal Boronkay, formerly MD of sheet music outfit Editio Musica Budapest, will become MD for UMP Hungary, while Rainer Bischof, who previously headed up UMP Austria, will also take responsibility for Switzerland and Koch Music Publishing.
Announcing the new appointments, Connolly said in a statement: "We are very pleased to announce the team of talented executives whose passion, creativity and vision will bring us great ongoing success artistically and commercially. The assembled music entrepreneurs from both Universal and BMG will, I'm confident, embrace the speed of change in our industry and the exciting opportunities that are ahead of us as the number one music publisher".