LOS ANGELES, CA- Universal Music Publishing has announced a trio of senior executive promotions within its UK A&R team. Effective immediately, Caroline Elleray becomes VP of A&R, Frank Tope becomes Senior Director of A&R and Mark Gale becomes Director of UK A&R / Director of International A&R.

Having spent almost their entire music industry careers in A&R with Universal Music Publishing in the UK, Caroline, Frank and Mark have been at the forefront of creative-led music publishing, with a collective signing list that includes some of the most critically acclaimed and commercially successful musical talent in the last fifteen years including Coldplay, Mumford & Sons, Florence & The Machine, Haim, The xx, Chvrches, Lapsley, Jannee Bennett and James Blake.

Elleray commented: "Frank, Mark and I have been working for Paul at Universal Publishing for many years now and yet we still get the same rush of excitement each day as when we very first started. Paul consistently nurtures a culture centred on music and songs and has a strict ‘no bullshit' rule. We get to sign and work with the artists and writers that we love and represent the music that we're passionate about. We're equally excited about bringing through our new talented young A&R executives and we're looking forward to sharing many years of continued success with our team."