Phonographic Performance Ltd

UK-based music licensing company established by Electric & Musical Industries Ltd. (EMI) & The Decca Record Company Limited (Decca). Incorporated 12th May 1934, PPL licenses recorded music played in public or broadcast on the radio or TV and then distributes the fees to its performer and record company members. Sister company of Video Performance Ltd. (VPL) Chairman: 1934 - 1939 (Sir) Louis Sterling (EMI) 1944 - 1946 Alfred Clark (EMI) 1946 - 1952 Ernest Thomas Fisk (EMI) 1952 - 1953 Alexander Aikman (EMI) 1954 - 1980 Edward Lewis (Decca) 1969 - 1980 L. G. Wood (EMI) - acting chaiman in the absence of Edward Lewis 1980 - 1983 Maurice Oberstein 1983 - 1985 Ramon Lopez 1985 - 1986 Peter Jamieson (EMI) 1986 - 1993 John Brooks 1993 - 1996 Tim Bowen 2000 - 2015 Fran Nevrkla (Warner Music, UK) 2015 - Present John Frank Smith Former / current company directors: - Horace Trubridge - (2016 to present - 2018) - Roxanne de Bastion - (2016 to present - 2018) - David Stopps - (2016 to present - 2018) - Crispin Hunt - (2013 to present - 2018) - Roger Armstrong - (2012 to present - 2018) - Mark Kelly (4) - (2009 to present - 2018) - Mike Batt - (2008 to 2009) - Ted Carroll - (2004 to 2012) - Gerald Newson - (2005 to 2006) - Peter Harris (3) - (2005 to 2008) - Paul Birch (2) - (1998 to 2005) - Ollie Buckwell - (1995 to 1999) - Alison Wenham - (1994 to 1996) - John Craig (5) - (June 1994 to Dec 1994) - Martin Mills - (1991 to 2017) - Chris Wright - (pre 1981 to 1995)