Lord Andrew Lloyd Webber’s manufacturing empire is searching a brand new chief govt after its earlier boss give up simply 9 months into the position.

Sky News has learnt that Really Useful Group (RUG) has instructed headhunters from Russell Reynolds Associates to determine a brand new CEO.

The firm oversees the manufacturing and licensing operations of one of many world’s best-known theatrical empires.

Among the performs and musicals it has been accountable for have been the West End and Broadway smash hit The Phantom of the Opera, in addition to the more moderen Cinderella, which brought about controversy when it closed final 12 months.

RUG’s new chief govt will substitute Charles Farmer, whose appointment was solely introduced in March 2022.

Filings at Companies House present that he resigned in February, though an individual near the corporate stated he had successfully stopped working there on the finish of final 12 months.

Mr Farmer is a former govt at MGM International Television Productions.

RUG additionally oversees the licensing of titles comparable to Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat for varsity productions.

In addition, the corporate controls the movie and tv rights to Lord Lloyd Webber’s catalogue of labor.

A spokesman for RUG declined to remark.