Follow us Get news via Twitter Become a fan Join us on Facebook Subscribe Net News via RSS UMG Appoints Dr. Menna Demessie SVP And Exec. Dir./Task Force For Meaningful Change February 3, 2021 at 10:12 AM (PT) Dr. Menna Demessie (Photo: Duane Prokop) UNIVERSAL MUSIC GROUP (UMG), has named DR. MENNA DEMESSIE SVP And Exec. Dir. of UMG's global Task For Meaningful Change (TFMC). TFMC was established in JUNE 2020 by UMG Chairman and CEO SIR LUCIAN GRANGE to be a force for social justice in the music industry and beyond. DR. DEMESSIE, a political scientist and social justice advocate with a track record of civic and educational empowerment, will manage the TFMC and its activities. UMG also announced that EVP, Chief People and Inclusion Officer, ERIC HUTCHERSON, will join UMG General Counsel, EVP/Business & Legal Affairs and DEF JAM Interim CEO JEFF HARLESTON and MOTOWN RECORDS Pres. ETHIOPIA HABTEMARIAM as a co-chair of TFMC.