Warner Chappell Music chair and CEO Guy Moot received the Music Industry Trusts Award at London's Grosvenor House Hotel on Monday, November 9, presented by musician and longtime friend Mark Ronson, as Billboard reports.

The annual accolade honors individuals who have made a significant contribution to the U.K. music industry, and Moot is the first music publisher ever to win it.

Billboard notes the award recognizes a career that began in record stores and has spanned more than 30 years, along with his advocacy for songwriters at Warner Chappell, the global publishing arm of Warner Music Group.

The evening raised funds for The BRIT Trust and Nordoff and Robbins, the U.K.'s leading music therapy provider.

Music Week reports that tribute videos brought together messages from Benson Boone, James Blunt, Jon Platt, Laufey, Lizzo, Max Lousada, Robert Kyncl, Salaam Remi, Sam Smith and football figures Ian Wright and Arsène Wenger.

Hosted by Doc Brown, the night featured live performances from Florence Road, Amy Allen and John Ryan, and a closing hits medley from Tinie Tempah.

Music Week also describes a memorable auction moment: a guitar signed by country stars sold for £10,000 after Jimmy Page added his signature on the spot. Guests in the room included Page, Louise Redknapp, Celeste, CKTRL and Liam Fray of the Courteeners.

According to Music Week, Ronson recalled how Moot introduced him to Amy Winehouse before they went on to create 'Back To Black', telling him: 'You sent a generational talent and one of your prize pupils to the studio of some unproven producer that you had a little faith in, so thank you.'

Music Week's career rundown details a path from A&R roles at ATV Music and Chrysalis Records in 1984, through SBK and EMI Music Publishing — where EMI was named Music Week Publisher Of The Year for 14 consecutive years under his leadership — to the 2019 appointment as co-chair and CEO of Warner Chappell alongside Carianne Marshall.

Both outlets frame the honor as a milestone for publishing itself, a side of the business that has watched the MITS go to artists and executives since 1992.

Moot now sits on an honoree list including Annie Lennox, Kylie Minogue, Sir Elton John and Bernie Taupin, Sir Lucian Grainge, Michael Eavis, Pete Tong, Roger Daltrey and Rob Stringer; Billboard notes last year's recipient was Global founder Ashley Tabor-King.

Accepting the award, Moot said it 'belongs to the songwriters I have the privilege of working with every day,' adding that 'everything we do begins with a song' and urging the industry to 'keep the door open for the next generation.'

Billboard reports he became Warner Chappell's sole chair and CEO earlier this year, after deals with Dua Lipa, Ed Sheeran, RAYE and Charli xcx and catalogue deals for David Bowie, George Michael and Madonna.