United Talent Agency has promoted James Wright to co-head of its UK music division, with Wright joining Neil Warnock in leading the London-based team. The move underlines UTA’s wider push to grow its international live music business, with London positioned as an important base for finding touring talent, developing artists and managing global tours. It matters because it shows the agency is putting more senior leadership into its UK operation as competition for major artists and touring work remains strong.

Wright has spent 11 years at UTA, joining in 2015 after the agency acquired The Agency Group, and he previously worked at Elastic Artists and at Candid Records, where he launched an in-house live booking agency. He represents artists across pop, jazz, electronic and hip-hop, including Lizzo, Take That, John Legend, David Byrne, Jacob Collier, Underworld, Rita Ora and Jon Batiste. His promotion also follows the recent decision to make both Wright and fellow London-based agent Jules de Lattre partners at UTA, while the agency’s broader roster includes touring acts such as Bad Bunny, Rosalía, Karol G, Sombr and Sammy Virji.