Paul Wilson

Lead a core portfolio of music publishing, recorded catalogue/label, production music business segments within a high growth and profitable standalone territory. UK royalty, copyright, finance and back office teams report to me. I structure and operate BMG’s international hubs. I lead implementation and integration for UK acquisitions/ investments.

Added deal principal role delivering BMG's more complex transactions to broader group finance remit

Deputy Group CFO: Hired to support BMG, a private equity backed music rights management group (KKR and Bertelsmann), in establishing financial structures as it rapidly built a global business. Dual report to Group CFO & Group CIO; shaping the business from inception to exit

Financial due diligence across a variety of business sectors notably for private equity clients. - 100+ transactions - Mixture of buy/sell side, SPA, working capital, structuring - deal sizes typically £0.2bn to 1bn+

Audit manager working on client sectors including amongst others music (Universal labels), TV/broadcast/distribution/film (Fremantle/RTL, Universal/Working Title, BuenaVista/Disney, Paramount), venue (Royal Albert Hall) and entertainment products such as lottery/gaming (casino, Camelot), tourism brands (Crystal/TUI etc). 6 month secondment to business turnaround team working on Chapter XI for a US satellite company (ICO Global Comms;now Pendrell).