Andy Heath (music executive)
Andy Heath, born 1947, is a British music publishing executive.
Having worked in the industry since 1964, Andy has formed two publishing companies of his own, Andrew Heath Music and Heathwave (a company still in operation today). He also formed a partnership with the Beggars Group in 1987 to create Momentum Music, a highly successful company that managed the publishing for Gary Numan, Cocteau Twins, Republica and Bauhaus, which he ran until its sale to Universal Music in early-2001. He remains a director of the Beggars Group (1991-present day) as well as running 4AD Music, the group's publishing wing. He is also a director of MSP.[1]
Andy served on the Council of the Music Publishers Association (1989-2008 and President from 1993-97) and was instrumental in setting up The Music Alliance, the operational merger of the Performing Right Society and the Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society.
In January 2008, he was appointed Chairman of British Music Rights.[2] When BMR was subsumed into UK Music in September 2008, Heath became chairman of the new organisation.[3]
In the New Years Honours List, published December 30, 2008, Andy was made a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to music publishing.[4]
