YMU has promoted Chris Dempsey to U.K. Managing Director. Based in London, he reports jointly to Matt Colon, Global President of the company’s music division, and Mary Bekhait, Group CEO.

Dempsey joined YMU in 2014 as a Director. During his time at the company, he has overseen the careers of Take That, Gary Barlow, James Arthur, Dan Caplen and Emily Burns, among others.

Colon said of Dempsey: "His experience, insight and leadership qualities will help us enormously as we continue to grow YMU into a formidable global presence."

Prior to joining YMU, Dempsey was Senior Marketing Manager at Sony Music Entertainment, working at Columbia and Epic Records with the likes of Manic Street Preachers, Foster The People and Meghan Trainor.