Alfonso Perez Soto is leaving Warner Music Group after roughly a 20-year tenure marked by global expansion and strategic acquisitions. He joined WMG in 2005 as vice president of business development for Latin America and the U.S. Hispanic market, eventually rising to president of emerging markets and most recently executive vp of corporate development, focusing on recorded music. (He left WMG in 2011 for a gig at Telefónica but returned in 2012.) His leadership was instrumental in WMG’s acquisitions of Qanawat in MENA and Africori in Africa, and the launch of Warner Music India. Perez Soto developed a growth strategy for WMG focused on mergers and acquisitions, geographic expansion and artist development — strengthening the label’s footprint in emerging markets and earning him recognition

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