This Guy: WCM's Moot To Receive Prestigious MITS Award

(Jonathan Weiner)

Warner Chappell Music’s Guy Moot will be honored with the prestigious Music Industry Trusts Award at a ceremony in London Nov. 9. He’s the first publisher to receive the award.

Moot, co-chair and CEO of WCM, will be recognized for a distinguished 30-plus-year career and what’s described as a rare ability to marry a deep, “ears-first” creative instinct with the strategic rigor required to lead a global powerhouse.

Moot responded, “To be the first publisher to receive the MITS Award is a real honor, and one that I hope serves as a celebration of songwriters and the extraordinary value of their music.”

Toby Leighton-Pope, co-chair of the MITS Award committee, added, “Few people in our industry have had a career as extensive and influential as Guy’s…. His commitment to music has never wavered, matched by a depth of experience that truly sets him apart.”

Moot began his career in the 1980s in A&R at ATV Music and Chrysalis Records before rising through the ranks at EMI. After playing a key role in leading the Sony and EMI merger in Europe, he was named president of worldwide creative in 2017. At the merged entity, Moot worked with the likes of Drake, Ed Sheeran, Sam Smith, Amy Winehouse, Arctic Monkeys, Calvin Harris and Lana Del Rey.

In 2019 he joined WCM to lead alongside Co-chair and COO Carianne Marshall. Under their stewardship, the company has doubled the size of its business, signing and retaining established and emerging artists, songwriters and producers, including Amy Allen, Anderson .Paak, Cardi B, Dua Lipa, Lizzo, RAYE, Teddy Swims and Zach Bryan, as well as legends David Bowie, George Michael, Madonna, Quincy Jones and Tom Petty.

Past recipients of the MITS include Annie Lennox, Rob Stringer, Emma Banks, Elton John and Bernie Taupin, Sir Lucian Grainge, Lucy Dickins, Jason Iley and last year’s honoree, Ashley Tabor-King.

The MITS ceremony will take place at London’s Grosvenor House.