Berklee, Virgin, Muse, PPL PRS, More

Below you will find an overview of recent hires and internal promotions in the music industry through July 19, 2024.

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Berklee

On January 1, 2025, Jim Lucchese, former CEO of Echo Nest and Sofar Sounds, will become Berklee’s fifth president.

Virgin Music Group

Justin Bumper Reeve, founder of Hidden Track Music, has signed as SVP Global Sync at Virgin.

Warner Chappell Music

Warner Chappell has hired Sony Music veteran Tat Tong, based in the publisher’s Shanghai office, as VP A&R and creative for the Asia Pacific region.

Muse Group

Muse announced three new hires: Debbie Diekelman (who previously held the same role at Hal Leonard) as CFO, Sven Ahrens, who spent more than eight years growing Spotify subscribers, as Chief Growth Officer, and Mohammed “Mo” Chahdi, who spent about 20 years at Dell, as COO.

PPL-PRS

PPL PRS has promoted Greg Aiello, a team member with over five years’ experience, from Commercial Director to MD.

iHeartMedia

Kim Williams, a member of the iHeartMedia team for nearly 27 years, has been named regional president for Alaska and Hawaii, and Larry “Yako” Calderon Jr. has officially become program director for iHeartMedia Miami’s Y100. Calderon Jr. is expected to continue as program strategist and coordinator “for iHeart Latino stations in the U.S..”

BMI

BMI has welcomed veteran tech executive Tom Kershaw as CTO and added Justin Rohde (formerly of Xplor) as its first Chief Transformation Officer.

Bertelsmann

BMG CEO Thomas Coesfeld has been appointed to the Bertelsmann Board of Management.

Arista Records

Sony Music’s Arista has promoted Nick Petropoulos, who has worked with it for three years, to EVP of promotion and artist development.

Big Loud

Big Loud has officially promoted Stacy Blythe, who joined the company nearly nine years ago, to EVP of promotions.

Pitchfork

No Bells founder Mano Sundaresan has become Pitchfork’s chief editorial content officer.

Republic Records

Republic has named David Wolter co-head of East Coast A&R and promoted Miles Beard to the same role on the opposite coast.

Hybe

Former Hybe CEO Lenzo Yoon, who previously co-headed a U.S. division now led by Scooter Braun, is reportedly leaving the BTS agency at the end of 2024.

Universal Music UK

Hannah Neaves, former marketer at TaP and Atlantic, has been appointed president of Universal Music Recordings, the catalogue division of Universal Music UK.

Divide

Splice has hired Kenny Ochoa, previously head of music curation and creative licensing at Snap, as SVP of content.