New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Paulo Lima has been appointed President of Universal
Music Brazil. Based in Rio de Janeiro, Lima reports to Jesus Lopez, Chairman and CEO of Universal
Music Latin
America and Iberian Peninsula. He succeeds Jos� Eboli, who has led Universal
Music Brazil since 2003.
With vast knowledge and 25 years of experience in the Digital,
Mobile Telecom and
Internet markets as well as a successful career in the music industry, in his most recent role Lima was partner and CEO of Imusica S.A., the leading digital music company in Latin America, developing download and streaming digital distribution platforms for digital music services such as Claro Musica.
He started his career in 1989 as a sound and maintenance Engineer at the biggest studios in Brazil, Impressao
Digital Studios & Nas Nuvens Studios and worked at record labels such as Som Livre and Polygram. From 1996 to 2006 he was founding partner and CEO of Ground Control Professional Audio, a company specializing in engineering design, installation and maintenance of professional audio in Brazil and Florida.
Lima holds a degree in Electrical Engineering and has received multiple international awards and nominations, including numerous Latin Grammys, as a recording and Pro Tools engineer.
On making the announcement Jesus Lopez said: "Paulo represents the very best in entrepreneurship and business management with a profound knowledge of the Digital,
Mobile and
Internet markets. I'm confident he will play a key role in helping us achieve our goals and build innovative business models in the constantly evolving music and entertainment business environment."
Paulo Lima said: "I am honoured to be part of the world's leading music company. It will be an amazing challenge and a great responsibility to lead Universal
Music Brazil in creating and developing scalable business models that promote music in a creative and profitable way, investing in artists, knowledge, relationships and technology."
Jesus Lopez added: "We are deeply grateful to José Eboli for his many contributions and dedication leading the team at Universal
Music Brazil for 13 years and I'm pleased to confirm that José will continue to work closely with the UMG team as an A&R consultant for Brazil and Latin
America markets."
