{"id":21979,"date":"2026-10-14T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/?p=21979"},"modified":"2026-10-16T01:45:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-16T01:45:58","slug":"rebecca-allen-to-leave-universal-music-after-27-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/rebecca-allen-to-leave-universal-music-after-27-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Rebecca Allen to Leave Universal Music After 27 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Rebecca Allen<\/strong> is stepping down as Chief Artist and Strategy Officer at <strong>Universal Music Group UK<\/strong> after <strong>27 years<\/strong> with the company. She will continue working with Universal Music Group (UMG) in an advisory capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Allen disclosed her decision in an email addressed to \u201cfriends, colleagues and Universal family\u201d on Tuesday, October 13. She wrote that \u201cthe time feels right for me to turn the page and make space for a new chapter,\u201d adding that she would \u201cremain connected to UMG in an advisory capacity.\u201d<\/p>\n<h2>From press assistant to label president<\/h2>\n<p>After beginning her career at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/\">BBC<\/a>, Allen joined Universal Music in 1999 as a press assistant. She subsequently became Director of Media at <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.decca.com\/\">Decca<\/a><\/strong>, followed by General Manager in 2012 and Managing Director in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>Her appointment as President of Decca Records Group UK in 2017 made her the first woman to lead the label.<\/p>\n<p>In June 2020, Allen was named President of the relaunched <strong>EMI Records<\/strong>. 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