Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (BMY.L)

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Bloomsbury Publishing Plc

50 Bedford Square
London WC1B 3DP
United Kingdom
44 20 7631 5600
https://www.bloomsbury.com

Sector(s): Communication Services
Industry: Publishing
Full-time employees: 994

Key executives

Name	Title	Pay	Exercised	Year born
Ms. Penny Scott-Bayfield	Group Finance Director & Executive Director	742k	N/A	1972
Mr. John Nigel Newton CBE	Founder, Chief Executive & Executive Director	1.05M	N/A	1955
Ms. Elisabeth Nicole Calder	Co-Founder and Publishing Director	48k	63.35k	1938
Ms. Tamsin Anne Bernadette Garrity	Head of Investor Relations	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ms. Maya Abu-Deeb	Group General Counsel & Company Secretary	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ms. Kathleen Farrar	Managing Director of Group Sales & Marketing	N/A	N/A	N/A
Mr. Karl Burnett	Group Director of People & Engagement	N/A	N/A	N/A
Ms. Alexandra J. R. Pringle	Group Editor-In-Chierf	174k	N/A	1953
Mr. Richard D. P. Charkin	Consultant	298k	N/A	N/A
Ms. Kathryn Earle	Managing Director of Digital Resources Division	N/A	N/A	N/A

Amounts are as of 31 December 2024, and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. Pay includes salary, bonuses, etc. Exercised is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year. Currency in GBp.

Description

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc publishes academic, educational, and general fiction and non-fiction books for children, general reader, teachers, students, researchers, libraries, and professionals worldwide. It operates through Children's Trade, Adult Trade, Academic & Professional, and Special Interest segments. The company offers print books, ebooks, audiobooks, board games, licensing rights, and digital resources to professionals and higher education students. It also provides publishing services for corporations and organizations; and books for students and scholars of the arts, humanities, and social sciences. In addition, the company offers digital resources and databases for school libraries, higher education, and professionals, as well as educational content for primary and secondary schools; and professional development content for trainee teachers and teachers. Further, it publishes non-fiction list, such as cookery, sport, health, and well-being books; illustrated and picture books, activity books, young adult fiction and non-fiction, and pre-school titles for children; and books for sport and wellbeing, science and nature, history, current affairs, creative arts and games, nautical, military history, arts and crafts, and philosophy. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc was incorporated in 1986 and is based in London, the United Kingdom.

Corporate governance

Bloomsbury Publishing Plc’s ISS governance QualityScore as of 29 June 2024 is 3. The pillar scores are Audit: 7; Board: 5; Shareholder rights: 6; Compensation: 1.

Corporate governance scores courtesy of Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS). Scores indicate decile rank relative to index or region. A decile score of 1 indicates lower governance risk, while 10 indicates higher governance risk.