LONDON (CelebrityAccess) — BMG announced the promotion of operations and customer service leader Sarah Mitchell to oversee Rights and Royalties operations across both music publishing and recordings in Europe and the UK.
In her new role at BMG, Mitchell will report to Chief Operating Officer Sebastian Hentzschel and will continue to serve as part of BMG’s senior leadership team in the UK, sitting on the BMG UK board.
She first joined BMG in 2022 as SVP Neighboring Rights, playing a key role in signing artists such as Coldplay, Christine & The Queens and Pete Townshend.
“Sarah is an excellent operations and client services professional used to leading large teams who has now built a significant reputation over the past decade in the music industry both at BMG and before that, PPL. I am looking forward to her leading our European and UK rights and royalties teams to new heights,” stated Sebastian Hentzschel.
I am delighted to have been given the opportunity to take on this new role. Serving songwriters and artists lies at the heart of BMG’s mission and our integrated rights and royalties operation across both music publishing and recordings gives us a unique position in the market. I am excited to be able to work with our teams in the UK and across Europe as we seek to further maximize the benefits of this moving forward,” Mitchell added.
Before joining BMG, Mitchell served as Director of Membership & Communications at the UK neighboring rights society PPL.
