Sony/ATV Music Publishing has promoted Guy Moot to President, Worldwide Creative, giving him an A&R presence across the global music market. The newly-created position is effective immediately and is in addition to his existing role of U.K. Managing Director. It succeeds his previous dual role of President of European Creative and extends his creative responsibilities to the U.S. He will continue to report to Martin Bandier, Chairman and CEO, Sony/ATV Music Publishing.
In this pioneering new position Moot will be responsible for overseeing major creative deals in the U.K., Europe and North America, excluding Nashville, Miami and Latin America. The creation of this role reflects a modern music industry which, in the streaming era, has become truly global.
Sony/ATV Chairman and CEO Martin Bandier said: "Guy Moot is someone I have had the pleasure of working with for many years and he stands out as one of the genuine A&R executive superstars of the worldwide music industry. His creative leadership for Sony/ATV in the U.K. and Europe has been exceptional and I am excited that he will now get a chance to fully utilize his creative talents in the U.S."
Guy Moot said: "Since living in New York in the '90s I've always maintained a close working relationship with the U.S. and am looking forward to spending even more time there. For me this new role perfectly mirrors the industry in 2017 when many songwriters are traveling the world to collaborate with writers in other markets and a hit song can now emerge from absolutely anywhere. It means the modern A&R executive has to stay on top of a variety of markets and connect people from different territories."
Guy Moot is one of the most influential and successful executives working in the global music industry, having signed songwriters and artists including Calvin Harris, Sia, Mark Ronson, Paul Epworth, Sean Paul, Gangstarr and the late Amy Winehouse, while at Sony/ATV he and his team have worked with the likes of Ed Sheeran, Arcade Fire, Lana Del Rey, Clean Bandit,
James Arthur and songwriting and production team Stargate as well as entering into a deal with the duo's JV
Stellar Songs whose roster includes Sam Smith, Emeli Sande and Charli XCX.
Having started his industry career in 1984 with A&R roles at both ATV Music and
Chrysalis Records, he joined SBK Publishing in 1987 and moved with its co-founder Martin Bandier to EMI Music Publishing when it was acquired by EMI two years later.
At EMI he rose through the ranks, including being made Executive Vice President of A&R for the U.K. and Europe in 2003 before a promotion two years later to Managing Director of the U.K. business and President of European Creative where he was involved with the signing of acts including Avicii and Martin Solveig. During his time at EMI the U.K. company was named Publisher of the Year at the Music Week Awards 14 consecutive times.
Following the 2012 acquisition of EMI Publishing by a consortium led by Sony/ATV, Moot was reunited with Sony/ATV's Chairman and CEO Martin Bandier and appointed U.K. Managing Director as well as seeing his European Creative role expanded to cover the newly-enlarged company.
Moot will continue to directly run the U.K. company, overseeing a senior management team under which Sony/ATV thrives as the market's leading music publisher. Sony/ATV has annually been recognized at the Music Week Awards, including in 2016 when it won Publisher of the Year awards for Album and
Singles based on U.K. market share performance. The company is currently on a run of having published or co-published the U.K. No. 1 single for each of the last 52 weeks. This run includes hits by domestic signings such as Ed Sheeran,
Clean Bandit and
James Arthur alongside successes by global superstars including Drake,
The Chainsmokers and Mike Posner.
While at Sony/ATV Moot has also been responsible for launching the company's Neighboring Rights division whose roster now includes Lady Gaga, The Weeknd,
Pharrell Williams, Mark Ronson,
Nile Rodgers and Sting.
Sony/ATV U.S. Co-Presidents Danny Strick and Rick Krim will work alongside Guy Moot and continue to report into Sony/ATV Chairman and CEO Martin Bandier. Sony/ATV's Nashville, U.S. Latin and Latin American divisions will continue to be overseen by Strick.
