After 13 years as ceo of HarperCollins UK, Victoria Barnsley is
leaving the company at the end of the week following a restructuring of
Harper's international business.
Under the new structure, the management of
HarperCollins Australia, HarperCollins New Zealand and HarperCollins India will
be transferred from the UK to the US, where they will now report directly to
Brian Murray.
Replacing Barnsley as ceo is Charlie Redmayne, the company's former
chief digital officer who left in 2011 to serve as Pottermore's chief executive
officer. Redmayne starts back at Harper UK on August 5 and will report to
Murray.
In a statement Barnsley said: "I've
always wanted to time my departure so that I could leave the company at the
right moment and in the best possible shape. Now is that time. HarperCollins is
about to embark on a new chapter of its long history as part of the new News
Corp, and I'm more than confident that its very talented teams, working with
our best-in-class authors, will continue to go from strength to strength. I
know they will continue to show the drive, creativity and new thinking that
last year secured us the much-coveted Publisher of the Year title in the
UK."
Redmayne, in his own statement, expressed
his "delight" upon returning, and that Harper UK "has some of
the best publishers and editors in the industry – and over the last few years
has invested in new skillsets to support those editors, producing a tremendous
publishing business. I am looking forward to working with the team to build on
that invaluable foundation and fulfill the potential of this terrific
company."
Murray commented on Barnsley: "Vicky
has made many wonderful contributions to HarperCollins UK and International.
She has run a successful publishing program, including winning hundreds of
literary prizes, and significantly enhanced the company’s digital efforts. We
are grateful for her contributions and wish her well on her future
endeavors." And on Redmayne, he said: "Charlie's experience and
success operating at the leading edge of publishing makes him uniquely
qualified to lead HarperCollins UK in this time of tremendous digital
opportunity. I am thrilled he will be rejoining HarperCollins and his former
colleagues."
With Redmayne leaving, Pottermore has
promoted chief technology officer Julian
Thomas to interim ceo, and is now searching for a permanent
replacement.
In other personnel news, the executive team
for Penguin Random House in Canada, reporting to ceo Brad Martin, was
announced. Nicole
Winstanley continues in her role as president and publisher of
Penguin Canada, as will evp, executive publisher of McClelland & Stewart
Doubleday Canada Publishing Group Kristin
Cochrane and Knopf Random Canada Publishing Group evp,
executive publisher Louise
Dennys. Winstanley now reports to Martin, as does evp, cfo for
Random House of Canada Doug Foot and Penguin Canada vp, sales Don Robinson
(Random House of Canada vp, sales Duncan Shields continues in his role.)
In addition, Trish Moore has been
appointed svp, director of human resources for Penguin Random House in Canada,
while Tracey Turriff has
been appointed svp, director of corporate communications for Penguin Random
House in Canada; she will also continue in her role as director of marketing
for Random House of Canada.
Aurum Publishing has announced a number of
promotions and changes as the company consolidates. Current sales
director for Aurum and Quayside Publishing Group Adrian Greenwood
takes on the role of sales director overseeing UK sales, while Jessica Axe has been
promoted to the newly created role of campaigns director as part of a merging
of the marketing and publicity departments, which sees head of marketing Sam
Shone reporting to Axe. Jessica
Halliwell has been promoted to managing editor across all Aurum
editorial groups, while Laura
Grandi moves up to head of production. Finally, at Frances
Lincoln, Sue Tarsky
has been promoted to publisher, while Janetta
Otter-Barry will continue to acquire titles for her own
eponymous imprint.
And from Bookbrunch
Shock as restructure leads to Barnsley exit from
HC
Shock as restructure leads to Barnsley exit from
HC
By Liz Thomson
"Not a good week for women" - that was Clare Alexander's verdict on the news that Victoria Barnsley was stepping down from her role as CEO and Publisher of HarperCollins following a retructure and the loss of "the Colonies".
The consequences of the Penguin Random House merger were widely predicted to be a shifting of publishing's tectonic plates. But the news that Charlie Redmayne is to replace Victoria Barnsley as CEO of HarperCollins UK was not what anyone expected to hear. Within the space of just 24 hours, two public-school and Oxbridge-educated males have each replaced a woman in the top job at two of Britain's major publishers. Only Ursula Mackenzie is still standing as CEO of a major UK imprint.
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"Not a good week for women" - that was Clare Alexander's verdict on the news that Victoria Barnsley was stepping down from her role as CEO and Publisher of HarperCollins following a retructure and the loss of "the Colonies".
The consequences of the Penguin Random House merger were widely predicted to be a shifting of publishing's tectonic plates. But the news that Charlie Redmayne is to replace Victoria Barnsley as CEO of HarperCollins UK was not what anyone expected to hear. Within the space of just 24 hours, two public-school and Oxbridge-educated males have each replaced a woman in the top job at two of Britain's major publishers. Only Ursula Mackenzie is still standing as CEO of a major UK imprint.
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