Promote named chairman of Verve Music

Veteran producer and music professional David Promote continues to be named chairman of Universal Music Group's Verve Group. Located in L.A., Promote will are accountable to UMG chairman-Boss Lucian Grainge. Promote will mind creative procedures from the unit, having a concentrate on signing new talent and developing Verve's roster of adult and pop functions. Verve's creative team includes senior VPs of the&R Jay Landers and Jaymes Promote, producer-engineer Jochem van der Saag and Vice president of the&R Dahlia Ambach Caplin. A 16-time Grammy champion, three-time Oscar nominee and Emmy and Golden Globe honoree, Promote has labored like a producer, songwriter and arranger with Michael Buble, Josh Groban, Celine Dion, Andrea Bocelli, Mariah Carey, Christina Aguilera, Barbra Streisand, Madonna, Cher, Whitney Houston and Michael Jackson, among many more. Among his productions may be the top-selling soundtrack for "The Bodyguard." He formerly operated Warner Bros.' boutique imprint 143 Records, where he signed the Corrs. Contact the range newsroom at news@variety.com