SKILLS • Strategic and commercial publishing with experience from operational to board level • Financial acumen with solid budget management and reporting experience • Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills • Collaborative management skills • Lots of initiativeSOME ACHIEVEMENTS • At BCS, I built a profitable and growing book and ebook programme from scratch; exceeded growth targets, budgets and margins in difficult economic and industry conditions; increased a journal’s revenue by 280 per cent by moving to a new publisher after a tender process; and rescued a failing journal by bringing it in-house and making it Open Access. • At Spon Press, I was the first publisher in at least 10 years to deliver four very important and lucrative annuals on time and on budget.• At Elsevier, I restructured and re-launched three journals in six months after acquisition. • At Arnold Publishers, I commissioned a new edition of a classic reference work from one of the world’s leading engineers, against stiff competition from larger global publishers. • I ran a ‘Fantasy Publishing’ competition to increase internal and external exposure of the Arnold • publishing program and motivate staff.