Spotify has appointed Bruno Crolot as General Manager for France and Benelux.
The position will hand Crolot the task of defining and deploying Spotify’s development strategy in France, Belgium, Netherlands and Luxembourg.
The well-respected exec was Head of Midem – the renowned music B2B tradeshow in Cannes, France – from 2010 to 2015.
Before that, his two decades of music industry and digital entertainment experience, saw him work at Universal Music, Noos, Orange and Sony Music.
Spotify’s active user base topped 100m people in June.
It’s since announced that it has surpassed 40m paying subscribers and is expected to hand over more than $1.2bn to music rightsholders this year.Music Business Worldwide