Merck Mercuriadis, the founder of Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited and its Investment Adviser, The Family (Music) Limited, has announced the immediate appointment of Ted Cockle as President and Amy Thomson as Chief Catalogue Officer. Ted Cockle arrives fresh from his role as President of Virgin EMI. Under his guidance Virgin EMI achieved success as the UK's number one label, year on year, for the previous seven years since the company was acquired by Universal Music Group. Whilst President, the Virgin EMI label managed the recorded music for Artists such as Queen, Elton John, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry, George Michael, Justin Bieber, Emeli Sande, The Killers, Lorde, Bastille, and Cockle also handled the launch of the breakout artist of 2019/2020 Lewis Capaldi. Prior to this, Cockle served for 10 years at Sony Music under the guidance of Rob Stringer (now CEO of Sony Music Entertainment) before arriving at Universal to become co-President of Island Records, handling the careers of artists such as Amy Winehouse, Florence & The Machine, Paul Weller, Tom Jones and Mumford & Sons. Amy Thomson arrives as Chief Catalogue Officer following on from her successes in management and marketing where she oversaw the careers of Swedish House Mafia, DJ Snake, Seal and many others.