UMPG Australia President Andrew Jenkins to Depart Company

Universal Music Publishing Group Australia and Asia Pacific Region President, Andrew Jenkins, has announced he is leaving the company after nearly two decades.

UMPG Australia President Andrew Jenkins to Depart Company. Universal Music Publishing Group Australia and Asia Pacific Region President, Andrew Jenkins, has announced he is leaving the company after nearly two decades. Announced on Monday (June 1st), Jenkins will finish with the company on July 1st. After beginning his career at the UK’s PolyGram in 1981, and later working as General Manager and Senior Director of Polydor Records, Jenkins joined BMG Music Publishing International in 1993 as Vice President and was promoted to President in 2005. Following UMPG’s acquisition of BMG Music Publishing in 2006, he worked in a number of senior leadership roles and was heavily involved in bringing the SACEM and APRA multi territory digital licensing arrangements to UMPG. Jenkins worked with, signed or oversaw relationships with some of the world’s...