Linda Walker is promoted to Senior Vice President, Commercial, Europe, and the UK, at Warner Music UK.
She started her brand new job in December, reporting straight to Tony Harlow, CEO of Warner Music UK, and has signed up with the WMUK senior management team.
From her brand new position, Walker heads up all elements of Warner Music UK’s business-related associations with actual physical retailers and electronic services, like the impartial sector.
She’ll also oversee the activity of WMUK’s Research and Analysis Department, run by Nick Allum, VP, Commercial & Analytics, Europe and UK, which manages the gathering and assimilating of information for strategic purposes.
Her promotion follows the previous choice year of Derek Allen to step down from the company.
Allen had spent nearly a decade with WMUK, joining once the company acquired Parlophone Label Group, and also had worked for EMI for quite sometime before that.
Walker joined Warner Music in 1990 and was eventually transferred to Warner Music’s WEA division (now WMX) to allow for each Apple user throughout Europe, before rejoining the Commercial Team as Vice President in 2018 to oversee the delivery of most of Warner Music’s releases in the Europe and UK.
Warner states Walker has been “pivotal” in the achievements of several of the UK’s most recognized artists, including top records from Coldplay, Muse, Michael Buble, Liam Gallagher, Jess Glynne, Foals, Ed Sheeran, Dua Lipa, and Rod Stewart.
2021 continues to be a great year for Warner Music UK.
In June, Darcus Beese OBE joined the organization to release the joint venture label, while earlier in the entire year, Warner Music UK artists acquired a total of twelve nominations in the Brit Awards’ home-based types, the maximum of any serious.
Linda Walker said: “I am excited to step up within this brand new job.
“The music business is moving much faster than ever before, plus we’ve to be agile to thrive.
“But at the same time, it nevertheless all boils down to putting out music that is great and convincing others it is as extraordinary as you know it’s.
“I am additionally excited to be a part of the senior management team at WMUK, therefore I will help move us ahead as a company.”
“I wish to thank Tony for the chance as well as Derek for his friendship and support through the years. I have learned a great deal from him and anticipation to meet his expectations!”
Tony Harlow added: “Linda is a prized fellow member of the Warner Music family, and I am happy that we can understand her long-lasting contribution of her in this particular manner.
“Linda joined the music business when just a couple of females have been working in business teams, which makes her achievements a lot more amazing.
“She consistently delivers business insight, passion, and determination to everything she does, such as the job of her as Co-Chair of the Women of ours of Warner personnel resource group.
“While Linda has had a hand in changing the business society of ours for the greater, I cannot wait around to put in her wisdom, passion, and voice to the UK of ours senior management team therefore we are able to result in positive change much faster.”
“I cannot thank Derek Allen sufficient for what he’s completed for the company at Warner and before that at EMI. We’re losing a critical strategist, which is vital, though an excellent friend, which matters much more.
“It became a bitter pill as he chose to retire, though all of us hope to see him once again frequently and wish him and the family of his all of the best.”
