The appointments, which were announced internally today, follow the acquisition of BMG Music Publishing and have been overseen by UMPG chairman and CEO David Renzer and Europe/UK president Paul Connolly. However, they do not cover the UK with senior management appointments here expected to be finalised within the next few weeks.

Among the key personal announced are:

. Simon Baker, appointed Universal Music Publishing Europe finance and operations vice president

. Jean-Philippe Allard, appointed UMP France managing director