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BMG appoints new European legal chief
By Chris Cooke | Published on Wednesday 31 May 2017
The BMGs have appointed media lawyer Ama Walton to be the firm’s SVP Business & Legal Affairs and in house general counsel for Europe. She joins from German film producer Constantin, where she was co-MD of the movie maker’s music interests, and will be based out of BMG’s Berlin HQ reporting to big cheese Hartwig Masuch.
It’s not Walton’s first role at a music company, she having previously worked for EMI Music Germany, and she advised the then all-new BMG on some of its earliest acquisitions back in 2008.
I’m telling you that so this quote from Walton herself makes sense. “Having been there at the beginning, I have been deeply impressed by the scale and breadth of what the new BMG has achieved”. See, that wouldn’t have made sense had I not provided the background information, would it? Well done me.
“I have the deepest respect for people who create music”, Walton continues, “and look forward to playing my part in BMG’s mission to be a better kind of music business”.
And here’s boss man Masuch with the customary quote. I bet he’s delighted. “I am delighted to welcome Ama Walton to our team” says he. “She is both an exceptional commercial lawyer and someone who aligns with our values and strategic objectives”.
