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APPOINTMENTSMusic distributor and artist services firm Believe has promoted Béatrice Dumurgier to the newly created role of Chief Operating Officer. “I am THRILLED to welcome Béatrice amongst our ranks as Believe’s new COO as I’m convinced her expertise in digital transformation and scaling up businesses, as well as her leadership, is the perfect fit to accompany Believe in this next phase of growth and ensure our teams are fully equipped to best support our artists and labels in alignment with our values of respect, fairness and transparency”, says CEO Denis Ladegaillerie, apparently without stopping for breath.Spirit Music Group has promoted Frank Rogers to Chief Creative Officer of the group as a whole.

He will also continue to be CEO of Spirit Music Nashville. Busy boy. “We are THRILLED to provide Spirit Music Group’s global roster of artists, songwriters and producers of every genre the very best in executive talent and a creative executive at the helm who knows how to build business and careers for our writers”, says Chair Jon Singer. “What Frank has accomplished with Spirit Music Nashville is a great example of what a music publishing community firing on all cylinders can accomplish and we look forward to seeing him apply his creative strategy throughout our global offices”.————————————————–MANAGEMENT & FUNDINGThe UK’s Music Managers Forum has opened up applications for this year’s Accelerator Programme For Music Managers.