Pete Baker Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

London, England, United Kingdom

Strategic oversight and management of Facet Publishing, the publishing arm of CILIP, a leading global publisher of information science, data, knowledge and cultural heritage books. Responsibile for all editoral, sales, marketing, operations and finance functions. I am also publisher for the programme of c.400 active titles. I manage the CILIP journal, Journal of Information Science, published by SAGE and advise on CILIP SIG OA Journals. I oversee the Yoto Carnegie Awards team… Show more Strategic oversight and management of Facet Publishing, the publishing arm of CILIP, a leading global publisher of information science, data, knowledge and cultural heritage books. Responsibile for all editoral, sales, marketing, operations and finance functions. I am also publisher for the programme of c.400 active titles. I manage the CILIP journal, Journal of Information Science, published by SAGE and advise on CILIP SIG OA Journals. I oversee the Yoto Carnegie Awards team. The awards are the UK’s longest running and best-loved children’s book awards, recognising outstanding reading experiences created through writing and illustration in books for children and young people.I am also responsible for CILIP events, leading the team responsible for delivering first class events for the information sector, including CILIP conference and Copyright Conference. Show less

London, England, United Kingdom

Joined Emerald in July 2016 with the remit of building a new books programme in the business, finance and economics disciplines. Responsible for the new business strategy; the profitability of the programme; hiring and management of the team; commissioning; and input into the marketing and sales strategy to help us achieve our aim of becoming a market leading publisher of research and professional content. In addition to the above, oversaw Emerald's health, engineering and technology book and… Show more Joined Emerald in July 2016 with the remit of building a new books programme in the business, finance and economics disciplines. Responsible for the new business strategy; the profitability of the programme; hiring and management of the team; commissioning; and input into the marketing and sales strategy to help us achieve our aim of becoming a market leading publisher of research and professional content. In addition to the above, oversaw Emerald's health, engineering and technology book and journal programmes. Show less

London, United Kingdom

As Editorial Director at Palgrave Macmillan, I was responsible for the strategic growth and development of Palgrave’s business, finance and economics book programme and for launching a new professional business and finance book programme. I oversaw a global team publishing in excess of 500 titles per annum and myself commissioned in finance and economics disciplines.

As Executive Editor at Wiley I was responsible for the delivery and growth of a professional and trade finance book programme covering a range of areas risk management and financial economics to investments, banking and personal finance.

I was responsible for marketing Wiley's market leading global finance book programme to the EMEA region. Duties included content marketing; sales support; briefing and coordinating book cover design; inputting into proposal meetings; exhibitions; direct marketing; catalogue production and more. Latterly I worked on integrating Wiley's acquisition of Whurr Publishing and on the development and marketing of Wiley's new Allied Health programme.

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