Universal Music UK has promoted Selina Webb to the position of executive vice-president.
Webb, who will report to chairman and CEO David Joseph, is being given a broader remit alongside her existing responsibilities as part of Universal Music UK’s senior management team. She will be actively involved in all strategic issues together with an expanded brief leading wider industry relations. She will also be a key member of the team overseeing the firm’s move to St Pancras Square in 2018.
Webb joined the company in 1998 as director of press at Polydor Records, having previously been editor of Music Week. She stepped up in 2010 to become senior director of communications for Universal Music UK and was at the helm during Universal’s takeover of EMI in 2012.
“Selina knows our company and our industry inside out, and has played a key role in Universal Music’s success,” said Joseph. “Her new role reflects her exceptional creative and commercial instincts, and I know she will make further significant contributions as we continue to create new opportunities for our artists and labels.”
Alongside her new wider role, Webb will continue to oversee internal and external communications at the record company, which includes the labels Capitol, Decca, Island, Polydor, UMC, UMTV and Virgin EMI, as well as the sync, brand partnership and TV production division Globe, live entertainment division U-Live and Abbey Road recording studios.
“Everyone who works in music knows how much the business has changed in recent years, and it’s not about to stop,” Webb told Music Week. “The need to think and act differently and imaginatively is essential, but it’s also very motivating – which is why I’m looking forward to embracing this new role, and why I’m appreciative of the faith David has shown in me.”
