Guy Moot is, in his own words, just about the “last man standing” at the UK major publishers. This year, the Sony/ATV UK managing director and president of European creative has seen his long-term counterparts at the other UK majors depart: Richard Manners left Warner/Chappell in May and has been replaced by Mike Smith, while Mike McCormack took over from Paul Connolly at Universal Music Publishing Group in June.

But Moot isn’t ready to play the éminence grise just yet. ...