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Warner Music Group Promotes Nureni to Lead MENA
Warner Music Group has promoted Ahmed Nureni to Managing Director of Warner Music MENA and hired Ahmad Alghawanmeh as General Manager.
Warner Music Group has promoted Ahmed Nureni to Managing Director of Warner Music MENA. Nureni, who became General Manager of Warner Music Middle East in October 2022 after Moe Hamzeh left the role, reports to Warner Music EMEA President Guillermo Gonzalez. WMG also hired Ahmad Alghawanmeh from Sony Music Entertainment as General Manager of MENA, reporting directly to Nureni.
Warner Music MENA runs operations across the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Morocco. The appointments follow the complete integration of Qanawat Music into ADA, under which Qanawat Music was to be renamed ADA x Qanawat Music and Africori renamed ADA x Africori. Gonzalez's appointment as EMEA President was announced on September 25, while Simon Robson will depart WMG in December after approximately 30 years.
According to the IFPI Global Music Report 2026, recorded music revenues in the MENA region grew 15.2% year-on-year in 2025. Streaming accounted for 97.5% of recorded music revenues in the region during 2025.
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