MUMBAI: Horus Music, a UK headquartered music distribution and label services company, has appointed Malini Hariharan as its business development manager for the new office the company is opening in Mumbai.

Horus says it is expanding the business by opening a ‘new entity of the company with an office in Mumbai and will see the company tailor their services to suit the Indian music market’ ahead of its tenth anniversary in August 2016. Hariharan’s background includes stints at Viacom 18, Universal Music Publishing, BlueFrog, The Orchard and Sony Music. More recently she has been working with Pragnya where she conducted A&R duties as well as managed all digital actitivities of the label.

Founder and CEO of Horus Music, Nick Dunn adds, “We were immediately impressed by Malini’s expertise and are thrilled that she will be joining us. We know that she will bring all of her experience into this role and are excited about her development ideas.” “Malini's passion and enthusiasm for the independent music sector struck a real chord with us and together we are enthused with ideas about how we can work with ar3sts of all abili3es and make a posi3ve difference to the music industry within India.”

The company has already inked direct deals with many digital partners including Hungama, Gaana, Saavn and VuClip, and says it is now ‘perfectly positioned to help Indian artists and labels distribute their music around the world, and to receive all of the royalties that they are owed'.

Horus Music maintains direct connections with over 800 digital download, streaming, and interactive platforms in over 180 countries. Horus Music works with artists and labels during all stages of their career to help them achieve their goals and ambitions. Their services include digital music distribution – selling music to hundreds of download, streaming, mobile and internet radio platforms around the world - and also offer music synchronisation via their publishing division, in addition to music promotion and digital marketing services.