Latest Music Industry Hires: SESAC, WMG, BiCoastal Productions, Youth Music, Position Music, More

Mark Chipello, Position Music’s president. Photo Credit: Mallory Turner

Here’s a recap of recent music industry hires and in-house promotions as of October 10th, 2025.

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SESAC

SESAC chief marketing officer Samantha Saturn is stepping away after about seven years.

WMG

Warner Music UK COO Isabel Garvey has announced plans to depart the company at 2025’s end.

BiCoastal Productions

BiCoastal has promoted five-year team member Amber Hansen to president of national touring and confirmed existing president Jack Forman’s transition to president of business development.

Youth Music

13-year Youth Music head Matt Griffiths is set to exit in December.

Position Music

Position Music has upped 14-year company vet Mark Chipello to president.

Dualtone + MNRK

Former Prescription Songs A&R exec Rachel Wein has signed on as senior director of A&R for both Dualtone and MNRK.

A2IM

The American Association of Independent Music has welcomed longtime Hopeless Records higher-up Ian Harrison as CEO.

The Live Trust

Former Come Play With Me COO Antonia Lines has joined the Live Trust as senior programs manager.

FKP Scorpio International

FKP Scorpio has bolstered its global team, now featuring Tim Salvesen as an international promoter in Oslo as well as Lisa Lindfors and Veera Valtonen as project coordinators in Stockholm and Helsinki, respectively.

iHeartMedia

iHeartMedia has initiated a new round of layoffs and named former Gemini XIII chief revenue officer Chris Long region president for Dallas.

Absolute Label Services

Absolute has enlisted FUGA vet Paul Purcell to serve as director of platform, focusing mainly on the company’s Anthology portal.

Additionally, Absolute has made three promotions: chief technical architect Thomas Osgood to director of engineering, senior developer Isaac Kalil to lead engineer, and finance head Kallina Jelfs to director of finance.

TikTok

Germany-based Michael Kümmerle, most recently TikTok’s global head of music partnership development, has “decided to move on” after nearly five years.

Hybe America/Hybe Label Service

Hybe America has boosted chief strategy officer Ryan Hyeong Woo Noh to chief business officer, a position that will see him lead the newly launched Hybe Label Service.

Plus, the just-minted unit has appointed Big Machine’s Mike Rittberg as president of global distribution and added Fanatical Marketing partner Mark Flaherty as president of global M&P.

Innovo Management

Haley Sorg is officially an associate talent manager at Innovo.

Big Picture Media

Big Picture has elevated longtime team members Natalie Schaffer and Becky Kovach to VP and publicity director, respectively.

Abbey Road

Abbey Road has announced Kid Harpoon (real name Thomas Hull) as its first producer in residence, a role that’ll afford him “complete access to Abbey Road as his creative playground and studio home.”

AWAL

Sony Music’s AWAL has formally promoted nine-year legal exec Arif Mahmud to general counsel and SVP of global business affairs.

Universal Music Greater China

UMGC has hired longtime Warner Music higher-up Cora Lam as head of legal and business affairs, besides bringing on Mark Gao (formerly president of CAA Sports China) as brand partnerships SVP.

Interscope Capitol Miami

Interscope Capitol Miami has bumped close to seven-year SVP Jose Rafael Cedeño to EVP and GM.

Gamma

Gamma and Rick Ross have announced a partnership with “next-generation crypto casino” Bitfortune.com, which is adding Ross as its owner and as its first global ambassador.