Warner Chappell boss Guy Moot, the first music publisher to receive the UK’s MITS Award, on A&R, catalog, My Chemical Romance, and the PROs

Warner Chappell Music chair and CEO Guy Moot will become the first music publisher to receive the UK’s Music Industry Trusts Award, recognising publishing’s growing profile and the work behind songwriters’ careers. The ceremony will raise funds for The BRIT Trust and Nordoff & Robbins.

Moot’s career includes senior roles at EMI and Sony Music Publishing, where he worked on deals with artists including Amy Winehouse, Ed Sheeran and Drake. Since joining Warner Chappell in 2019 with Carianne Marshall, the company has doubled its annual revenues; recent developments include Marshall’s departure, a My Chemical Romance catalogue and future-works deal, and debates over AI licensing and US streaming royalty rates.