{"id":20767,"date":"2026-09-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-29T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/warner-music-uk-ireland-appoints-sonny-takhar-as-ceo\/"},"modified":"2026-09-29T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T00:00:00","slug":"warner-music-uk-ireland-appoints-sonny-takhar-as-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/warner-music-uk-ireland-appoints-sonny-takhar-as-ceo\/","title":{"rendered":"Warner Music UK &amp; Ireland Appoints Sonny Takhar as CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmg.com\">Warner Music Group<\/a> (WMG)<\/strong> has appointed <strong>Sonny Takhar<\/strong> as CEO of <strong>Warner Music UK &amp; Ireland<\/strong>, with the role set to begin in January 2027. The appointment follows a series of <a href=\"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/warner-music-group-reshuffles-recorded-music-leadership\/\">senior leadership changes at the company<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Takhar will report to <strong>Val Blavatnik<\/strong>, Managing Director of Warner Music North America, UK &amp; Corporate Development. He will oversee creative direction, artist development, and strategic operations for WMG&#8217;s recorded music business in the UK and Ireland, and will also lead the company&#8217;s independent distribution arm, <strong>ADA<\/strong>, in the region.<\/p>\n<h2>Background and recent changes<\/h2>\n<p>Takhar was a founding partner of <strong>Sysco Entertainment<\/strong>, the company run by <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Simon_Cowell\">Simon Cowell<\/a><\/strong> under the Sony Music umbrella. During his time there, he worked with artists including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>One Direction<\/li>\n<li>Labrinth<\/li>\n<li>Leona Lewis<\/li>\n<li>Little Mix<\/li>\n<li>James Arthur<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The appointment follows the departure of <strong>Tony Harlow<\/strong>, who left his role as CEO of Warner Music UK last October, and <a href=\"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/warner-music-group-reshapes-leadership-as-simon-robson-exits\/\">Simon Robson<\/a>, who left last week as part of WMG&#8217;s restructuring. Val Blavatnik is the son of <strong>Len Blavatnik<\/strong>, WMG&#8217;s majority shareholder.<\/p>\n<h2>Executive statements<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Val Blavatnik<\/strong> said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Sonny is one of the most visionary executives in music and his track record of discovering, nurturing, and breaking global superstars speaks for itself. 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