About Us What We Publish Media CSR Getting Published People and Culture Work With Us Sales and Rights Distribution and Supply Chain Executive Committee Meet the Executive Committee at HarperCollins UK Charlie Redmayne Chief Executive Officer, HarperCollins UK Charlie Redmayne is CEO of HarperCollins UK, with responsibility for the UK, Ireland, India and Australia, reporting to Brian Murray, President and CEO of HarperCollins Publishers Worldwide. Charlie first joined HarperCollins as Group Digital Director, and was promoted to Chief Digital Officer, based in HarperCollins’ head office in New York. He left HarperCollins in 2011 to set up Pottermore, JK Rowling’s digital publishing business, before returning as CEO in 2013. At the start of his career Charlie served for four years as a lieutenant in the Irish Guards. He founded and ran the media buying company RCL Communications and entertainment business Blink TV, before launching leading UK teen internet company Mykindaplace Ltd in 2000, which he sold to BSkyB. Charlie went on to become Head of Commercial Partnerships for the Sky Online Business Unit at BSkyB and joined HarperCollins UK as Group Digital Director in 2008. Simon Dowson-Collins General Counsel & Company Secretary Simon runs the legal and contracts team at HarperCollins UK, responsible for all legal advice. He is also Company Secretary and a pension fund trustee. Legal areas covered by Simon and his team include corporate and commercial matters, defamation, copyright, contractual matters, acquisitions, sales and handling any litigation. A strong advocate of HarperCollins UK’s strategy on diversity and inclusion, Simon co-founded Elevate, HC’s Black, Asian and ethnic minority network and was named on the inaugural 2016 Financial Times UPstanding Executive Power List, the first ranking of its kind to unite business leaders from across all ethnic minority communities internationally. Simon is also a qualified mediator and has a particular interest in coaching and mentoring both within and outside HarperCollins. Before joining HarperCollins UK in 2001, Simon was a legal advisor for the BBC. He is a director of the Bush Theatre in London’s Shepherds Bush, and a member of its Finance and Audit Committee. Kate Elton Managing Director, HarperFiction, NonFiction, Avon, One More Chapter, HarperNorth and HarperCollins Ireland Kate Elton is Managing Director for a number of divisions of HarperCollins: HarperFiction which comprises crime and thriller, general fiction, the prestigious HarperVoyager science fiction and fantasy list, the literary imprint The Borough Press and the literary estates of JRR Tolkien and Agatha Christie; HarperNonFiction which publishes non-fiction ranging from cookery, lifestyle and the Thorsons imprint through to autobiographies, sports writing, and literary narrative non-fiction and memoir under the Mudlark imprint; Avon, a boutique commercial fiction division with a particularly strong record for discovering and building new talent; One More Chapter, an award-winning digital-first imprint; HarperNorth, a new division based in Manchester, and HarperCollins Ireland. Prior to her move to HarperCollins in 2011, Kate worked for fifteen years at Random House. David Roth-Ey Executive Publisher, 4th Estate & William Collins David Roth-Ey is Executive Publisher of 4th Estate and William Collins. Winner of the British Book Award’s Imprint of the Year in 2013 and shortlisted again in 2018 and 2020, 4th Estate publishes distinctive, critically-acclaimed fiction and nonfiction from a diverse array of authors including Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Hilary Mantel, Jonathan Franzen, Valeria Luiselli, Lena Dunham, Craig Brown, Anna Jones and Nigel Slater. The William Collins imprint, launched by David in 2013, brings together leading nonfiction writers across a wide range of disciplines, including history, biography, science, art, natural history, politics and memoir. It publishes prize-winning and bestselling books of consequence by writers such as Maya Jasanoff, David Attenborough, Kathryn Mannix, Daniel Kahneman, Christina Lamb, and Max Hastings. Integral to the William Collins list are a number of sub-imprints, including the landmark natural history series, THE NEW NATURALIST, along with the extensive Collins Classics line and the newly-launched TLS Books imprint, publishing authors spanning from Lee Child to Patricia William and David Baddiel. Prior to taking over as Executive Publisher in 2012, David served as Group Digital Director at HarperCollins UK in addition to publishing roles at HarperCollins US, Scribner, Bookspan and International Creative Management (ICM) in New York. Ann-Janine Murtagh Executive Publisher, HarperCollins Children’s Books Widely recognised as one of the most distinguished publishers working in children’s books, Ann-Janine joined HarperCollins in 2007, becoming Publisher for HarperCollins Children’s Books in 2011, having previously held senior publishing roles at Penguin Children’s Books and Hachette Children’s Books. Under Ann-Janine’s leadership the division has celebrated record growth in profit and market share and produced a tranche of bestselling titles that dominate industry bestseller lists. The division’s achievements have been recognised repeatedly by the trade and it has been named Children’s Publisher of the Year at the British Book Industry Awards for an unprecedented three consecutive times. In 2020 Ann-Janine won an international Emmy Award as an Executive Producer of the critically acclaimed TV adaption of The Tiger Who Came to Tea screened by Channel 4 and co-produced by HarperCollins Children’s Books and Lupus Films. HarperCollins Children’s Books is home to many children’s classics, including The Chronicles of Narnia, the Paddington stories, The Cat in the Hat and The Tiger Who Came to Tea, and to some of the biggest names in children’s literature past and present, including Judith Kerr, JRR Tolkien, CS Lewis, Dr. Seuss, Michael Morpurgo, Oliver Jeffers, David Walliams, Lauren Child and David Baddiel with forthcoming publishing debuts from major talents including Joe Wicks and Idris Elba. Lisa Milton Executive Publisher, HQ and Mills & Boon Lisa is Executive Publisher for HQ and Mills & Boon. She joined HarperCollins in 2015 after a decade as Managing Director of Orion Publishing where she was responsible for Orion, Orion Children’s, Gollancz and Weidenfeld & Nicolson, which was awarded Imprint of the Year at the 2015 Bookseller Industry Awards. Whilst there she published major bestsellers and award winning authors including Maeve Binchy, Ian Rankin, Gillian Flynn and Malala Yousafzai. Previously Lisa was Editorial Director at BCA, the UK’s biggest book club, and prior to this she had a successful career at Waterstones, where one of her most notable achievements was opening the flagship store in Piccadilly and winning the Bookshop of the Year Industry Award in 2000. Cally Poplak Executive Publisher, Farshore Cally Poplak is Executive Publisher of Farshore (formerly Egmont Books). Cally is a firm believer in making all children proud readers. A deep understanding of what children love to read and what motivates parents to buy books underpins Farshore’s broad and diverse portfolio. Farshore publishes books for the hottest brands in the world, including Minecraft, Roblox, My Little Pony, Dungeons & Dragons, and Mr. Men Little Miss. It also has cherished classics like Winnie-the-Pooh, Thomas & Friends, Tintin, The Little Prince, The Velveteen Rabbit, The Wind in the Willows and The Hundred and One Dalmatians, and publishes many beloved modern authors including Julia Donaldson, Michael Morpurgo, Holly Jackson, Laura Ellen Anderson and Sophy Henn. Cally began her career in children’s books at Hodder and Stoughton in 1993. She joined Reed Children’s Books in 1995 as Fiction Editor and was at Egmont from 1999. From 2015 until the acquisition of Egmont Books UK Ltd by HarperCollins, she was Managing Director of Egmont UK. Egmont Books was rebranded as Farshore in March 2021. David Alford Chief Financial Officer David joined HarperCollins in November 2007 from Warner Music, initially as a Commercial Director before moving on to roles as Group Commercial Director and Financial Controller before he was appointed Finance Director in 2016 and Chief Financial Officer in 2019. As Chief Financial Officer, David is responsible for all aspects of the company’s finances, including internal and external reporting, the budgeting and forecasting of the UK entities, Author Royalties, Accounts Payable, Treasury and Payroll. The finance teams performing these tasks are spread over two locations, London and Glasgow. David also manages the Group Strategy team, and has executive oversight of the HarperCollins ANZ and Indian finance functions. Laura Meyer Chief Information Officer As HCUK’s CIO, Laura oversees the company’s technology division, incorporating a wide variety of tools, applications, software design and development, projects, services and digital technology solutions, supporting customers across the company. Laura facilitates HCUK’s security council and liaises with colleagues across NewsCorp on various initiatives. Laura also has executive oversight for Distribution and Group Production, and chairs HCUK’s environment council Formerly Senior Vice President, Technology and Operations, for Turner Broadcasting System Europe (WarnerMedia), Laura has held a variety of senior positions in her field. Alex Beecroft Managing Director, Collins Learning Alex was appointed Managing Director of Collins Learning in June 2020, and is accountable for performance of a division that encompasses education, dictionaries and language learning, atlases and general reference. Alex joined HarperCollins through the graduate scheme in 2009, going on to work on group strategy before taking on the corporate development role in 2014 and joining the HarperCollins UK executive committee in 2016. He has worked with HarperCollins CEO, Charlie Redmayne to develop group strategy with responsibility for mergers and acquisitions and expanding the role of pricing and analytics. He also led the acquisition of Egmont Books UK in Spring 2020. Fiona Allen Communications Director Joining HarperCollins in January 2015, Fiona heads up corporate communications, with responsibility for internal and external communications across the company’s four sites and in Ireland and India. She also oversees the company’s events programme, corporate social responsibility strategy and corporate reputation. She has over twenty-five years’ experience in communications, having previously worked at Dorling Kindersley and Penguin. Most recently Head of PR & Brand Communications for high street retailer Waterstones, Fiona was responsible for brand partnerships and strategy as well heading the corporate and regional PR and events teams. John Athanasiou Director Of People John joined HarperCollins in September 2008. He is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the People Strategy including; talent management, recruitment, diversity, inclusion and belonging, culture, staff development and employee relations, plus compensations and benefits across the company. Prior to this role, John was Director of Executive Search International at Time Warner, and has also worked in a number of HR roles in blue-chip multi-national, private and public sector companies. John has rolled out an industry-leading strategy on diversity and inclusion at HarperCollins, for which the company was recognised at the 2016 Race Equality Awards, included on the Social Mobility Index Top 75 2019 and 2020 and highly commended for the company’s work with Creative Access and the launch of a traineeship for colleagues from ethnic minorities. Kimberley Young Executive Publisher, HarperFiction Kimberley is Executive Publisher for HarperFiction and One More Chapter. HarperFiction comprises of crime and thriller, general fiction, the prestigious HarperVoyager science fiction and fantasy list, the literary imprint The Borough Press and the literary estates of J.R.R. Tolkien and Agatha Christie. One More Chapter is the award winning, innovate digital division which is home to global bestsellers and is at the forefront of breaking new talent in digital. Kimberley ran the general fiction list at HarperFiction for eight years, building the careers of many No.1 Sunday Times bestsellers and still manages a list of high profile bestsellers. In 2014 she was named a Bookseller Rising Star, and in 2015 she was shortlisted for Editor of the Year at the Bookseller Industry Awards and Publisher of the Year at the Romantic Novelists’ Association in 2016. Oliver Malcolm Executive Publisher Having graduated with first class honours in History from the University of Sheffield, Oliver Malcolm joined GlaxoSmithKline as business development executive, overseeing growth of the South Yorkshire region. After moving to London in 2006, Oli held a number of senior sales roles at Penguin Random House, including serving as Deputy Sales Director at Ebury. Oli joined HarperCollins in 2010 as Sales Director, before transitioning into the editorial function as Publishing Strategy Director in 2015, combining his two major strengths and personal motivations: commercialism and creativity. In his current role of Executive Publisher, Oli directly oversees Avon, NonFiction and HarperNorth – based in Manchester – while he personally publishes a number of high profile authors including Jay Shetty, Piers Morgan, Siya Kolisi, and Frankie Dettori. Anna Derkacz Group Sales Director Anna joined the HarperCollins UK executive committee in 2018, taking on responsibility for the UK and international trade, non-trade and digital sales channels, adding Rights to her portfolio of responsibilities in spring 2021. Anna delivers HarperCollins’s sales strategy and manages the teams that bring HarperCollins’s books to market, through traditional and non-traditional retail channels. Previously UK Sales Director for Fiction, NonFiction and Avon, Anna took these hugely significant divisions from strength to strength, re-establishing core sales strategies for legacy brands such as Agatha Christie and J.R.R. Tolkien. Prior to her move to HarperCollins in 2016, Anna worked as a buyer for Asda and Borders, before joining Penguin Random House where she held senior sales positions across UK and International sales. Alvar Jover Director of Growth and Analytics As Director of Growth and Analytics, Alvar is responsible for delivering and implementing optimal revenue growth strategies supported by advanced analytics and software development. Alvar joined HarperCollins in 2014. He previously worked in growth strategy related roles for companies such as Accenture and AVG Technologies. He earned an Executive Master on Digital Business from Esade and is a member of the advisory board for several start-ups. Jo Surman Group Digital Director As Group Digital Director, Jo has responsibility for the digital, audio and insight teams. Her remit covers a wide range of areas including; Audio, Consumer Insight and Trends, Social Media channel management, D2C ecommerce, digital business development, Media, Marketing and Partnerships, digital product development and backlist ebook production. Jo has worked in the digital arena for over 20 years and worked at Sky Digital Media before joining HarperCollins in 2008. 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