Andrew Heath (born 1947) is a British music publishing executive. Having worked in the industry since 1964, Heath 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

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and

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, which he ran until its sale to

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in early-2001. He remains a director of the

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(1991–present day) as well as running Beggars Music, the group's publishing wing. He is also a director of IMPEL. Heath served on the Council of the Music Publishers Association (1989-2008 and President from 1993–97) and servwd on the boards of the

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and the Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society. In January 2008, he was appointed Chairman of British Music Rights. When BMR was subsumed into

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in September 2008, Heath became chairman of the new organisation. Heath was appointed

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(MBE) in the

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for services to music publishing and

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(CBE) in the

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for services to music.

References

External links

Beggars Group Official WebsiteMusic Alliance Official Website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Heath, Andy British music industry executives 1947 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Commanders of the Order of the British Empire