Shani Gonzales has told Music Week that she aims to “bring the good times back to A&R” in her new role as managing director at Warner Chappell UK.

Music Week can exclusively reveal that she has been promoted to head up the publisher, effective October 1. The role has been vacant since April following the exit of industry veteran Mike Smith, who later took up the position of global president of Downtown Music Publishing.

Gonzales will continue in her current ...