Universal Music has appointed Gabriela Lopes as senior vice president of global insight – she will leave her current role as director of market research for IFPI in January.

Lopes will report jointly to president of global marketing Andrew Kronfeld and president of global digital Rob Wells.

In her new role, Lopes will lead Universal Music’s insight team utilising sales and other commercial data as well as analysis gathered from interviews and consumers around the world, delivering detail into the ...