Former Warner/Chappell and Virgin Music exec Jane Dyball has been appointed as chief executive of MCPS, effective from January 1, 2014.

The appointment follows a restructuring of the MCPS-PRS Alliance in July this year, which saw MCPS contract the Performing Right Society (PRS) to provide royalty processing and other administrative services under a service level agreement. 

Dyball will oversee the strategy for the licensing and distribution of mechanical rights on behalf of MCPS members and is also tasked with finding ...