Nicholas Louis Douglas Firth (born October 1942[1]) is the former head of Chappell & Co. and BMG Music Publishing.

Firth's career in music publishing began in 1962, where he worked for the Chappell Group, then a division of PolyGram BV, culminating with simultaneous positions as President of Chappell International and Vice President of the PolyGram Publishing Division, which he held from 1981 to 1985, when PolyGram sold Chappell.

Subsequently, Mr. Firth was a shareholder and CEO of Music Theatre International.

Firth was born in London, England, grew up in the United States of America, and then returned to the UK, where he got his first publishing job.

Nicholas Firth was married to his second wife, Edmée, née de Montmollin for 31 years until her death.