BMJ PUBLISHING - Key Persons


Abi Rimmer

Job Titles:
  • Editor, BMJ Careers. on Maternity Leave )

Adenike Odeleye


ALEX CHARLES SMAIL RITCHIE - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • FINANCIAL DIRECTOR

Alex Ritchie - CFO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Financial Officer
Alex is responsible for all aspects of BMJ's finances and risk management, including international subsidiaries in the US, Chinese and Indian markets.

Alison Tonks

Job Titles:
  • Editorials Editor and Education Section Editor )

Amy Price


Angie Wade

Job Titles:
  • Statistics Advisor

Anita Jain

Job Titles:
  • Editorial Staff Member

Birte Twisselmann

Job Titles:
  • Editor
  • Editorial Staff Member

Caroline White

Job Titles:
  • Senior Media Relations Executive

Charlotte Rose


Cheryl Shechtman

Job Titles:
  • Business Manager
Cheryl joined BMJ Americas in October 2014 as Business Manager. Prior to joining BMJ, Cheryl worked in publishing for over 20 years in Product Marketing and Product Management roles. Cheryl has worked in a number of different publishing areas including book, legal and financial for companies such as Penguin Putnam, American Lawyer and Thomson Financial. Cheryl has an MBA in Marketing from Fordham University and a BA in English Literature from the University of Michigan.

Chris Jones - CEO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • BMJ Chief Executive Officer
  • New BMJ CEO
Newly appointed in April 2020, Chris brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to BMJ from a very successful career in the publishing and learning sectors. He was previously the CEO of the City & Guilds Group for 12 years, leading its transformation from an examinations board operating in the UK to a work-based learning company operating globally. During this time, the group made a number of acquisitions, most notably in digital learning. Before joining City & Guilds Group, Chris held senior leadership positions in the US and UK with Harcourt Education and LexisNexis Group. He is also Chair of the Activate Learning Group, a large further education college group in the Thames Valley.

Clare Griffith


David Allen

Job Titles:
  • Strategic Marketing Manager

David Wetzel

Job Titles:
  • Sales Representative

Di Wang


Douglas (Doug) Wright - VP of Sales

Job Titles:
  • Sales Director
  • Sales Director: Academic and Research for the Americas and EMEA, and Head of House, BMJ Americas
Doug joined BMJ in July 2022, after spending the past four years as Commercial Director, Americas, for Accucoms - the sales, marketing, and research firm. Clients included the American Institute of Physics, The Royal Society, BioOne and Nature Portfolio, to name a few. Prior to this, he held senior commercial roles at ORCID and Ingenta/Publishers Communication Group. He brings extensive sales leadership experience to the role, having managed global sales agency relationships across Europe, the Middle East, Latin America and Asia. Doug has extensive experience in global sales and budget management; client acquisition and negotiation; strategic planning and financial analysis, and employee development. Doug is fluent in Spanish and Portuguese and is based in Brooklyn/NYC.

Dr Anas Nader

Job Titles:
  • Co - Founder and CEO of Patchwork

Duncan Jarvies


Eleanor Bell

Job Titles:
  • Editorial Assistant

Elisabeth Mahase

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Reporter

Elizabeth Loder

Job Titles:
  • Editorial Staff Member
  • Head of Research
  • Research

Elizabeth Payne


Emma Dickinson

Job Titles:
  • Media Relations Manager

Emma Doble


Emma Veitch


England North

Job Titles:
  • Health Education

Esther Oxford

Job Titles:
  • Investigations Reporter

FIONA NICOLETTE GODLEE

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • MEDICAL EDITOR

Gareth Iacobucci

Job Titles:
  • Assistant News Editor

Gary Collins

Job Titles:
  • Statistics Advisor

Giselle Jones

Job Titles:
  • Education
  • Specialist Reviews Editor and Education Section Editor )

Greg Cotton


HAMISH ROBIN PETER MELDRUM

Job Titles:
  • Director

Helen Macdonald

Job Titles:
  • Research Integrity Editor

Helga Zunde-Baker

Job Titles:
  • Print Production Manager

Henry Scowcroft


Huseyin Naci


Isaac Jones

Job Titles:
  • Head of Digital Product Management )

Jackie Annis


JAMES MILNE - Secretary

Job Titles:
  • Company Secretary

James Ross

Job Titles:
  • Editorial Production Editor

Jamie Kirkham

Job Titles:
  • Statistics Advisor

Jane Francomb


Jane Walker

Job Titles:
  • Designer

Janet Peacock

Job Titles:
  • Statistics Advisor

Jennifer Block

Job Titles:
  • Investigations Reporter

Jennifer Rasanathan

Job Titles:
  • Editor

Jennifer Richardson

Job Titles:
  • Features Editor

Jessica Kimpton

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Commissioning Editor

Jett Aislabie


JILL PATRICIA AINSCOUGH - COO

Job Titles:
  • CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
  • Director

Jim Cunningham

Job Titles:
  • National Accounts Manager
  • Advertising

Jin-Ling Tang


Jocalyn Clark

Job Titles:
  • International Editor

Joe Boucher

Job Titles:
  • Sales Representative

John Fletcher


John Waring


Johns Hopkins

Job Titles:
  • Neurologist
  • Vascular Surgeon

Jon Deeks

Job Titles:
  • Chief Statistical Advisor )

Joseph Ross


JOSEPH WHARTON LIPPINCOTT III

Job Titles:
  • CONSULTING
  • Director

Josie Breen

Job Titles:
  • Head of Publishing Services )
  • Production

Juan Franco


Julia Burrell

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator
  • Editor in Chief
Julia Burrell (PA to the editor in chief, and departmental coordinator of The BMJ)

Julie Halfacre


Julie Morris

Job Titles:
  • Statistics Advisor

Juliet Dobson

Job Titles:
  • Managing Editor
  • Editor, Bmj.Com and Opinion )

Kamran Abbasi

Job Titles:
  • Editor in Chief
Dr Kamran Abbasi FRCP Edin Lon was appointed as the new Editor-in-Chief of The BMJ, one of the world's most influential medical journals at the start of 2022. He succeeds Fiona Godlee, who stepped down at the end of 2021, after more than 16 years in the role. Previously Executive Editor of The BMJ, since 2016 Kamran led the journal's content team and international growth strategy. During this time, he contributed to the expansion of international editions of The BMJ. A qualified doctor, Kamran studied medicine at Leeds University and joined BMJ after postgraduate training in general medicine. Throughout his 25 year career in medical editing and publishing, he has developed wide digital, international, senior management, and Board level experience. Kamran is also a visiting professor in the department of primary care and public health at Imperial College, London, and a patron of the South Asian Health Foundation. Outside of medicine, Kamran has a love of cricket, which he has covered extensively on social media, television and in national newspapers. He has also authored best selling books, including Zindabad; The English Chronicles: a Modern History of Pakistan Cricket, published in 2012 and Englistan: An immigrant's journey on the turbulent winds of Pakistan cricket in 2020.

Karl Sharrock


Kathleen P. Lyons

Job Titles:
  • Publisher

Kelly Brendel

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Editor, Bmj.Com and Opinion )

KIRAN CHHAGAMBHAI PATEL

Job Titles:
  • CONSULTANT CARDIOLOGIST
  • Director

Laura Lacey


Laura Stewart-Liberty

Job Titles:
  • Media Relations Executive

Lauren Jones

Job Titles:
  • Head of Marketing, BMJ Americas

Loren de Freitas


Madlen Davies

Job Titles:
  • Investigations Editor

Malcolm Brown

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Production Editor

Marc Clifford


MARK PRICE DAVIES

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • FREELANCE HEALTH CONSULTANT

Mun-Keat Looi


Nadia Gurney-Randall


Navjoyt Ladher

Job Titles:
  • UK Research Editor

Nazrul Islam


Niamh Brooks


Nick Gray


Nicole Poulin

Job Titles:
  • Digital Production Editor, on Secondment )

PATRICK LLOYD SPENCER - COO

Job Titles:
  • CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER
  • Director

Paul Simpson

Job Titles:
  • Partnerships Editor

Peter Doshi

Job Titles:
  • Senior Editor

PETER JONATHAN ASHMAN - CEO

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Director

Rachael Hinton

Job Titles:
  • Associate Editors

Rafael Perera

Job Titles:
  • Statistics Advisor

Ray Thibodeau


Rebecca Coombes

Job Titles:
  • Head of Journalism )

Richard Hurley

Job Titles:
  • Editor

Richard Riley

Job Titles:
  • Statistics Advisor

Roger Horton

Job Titles:
  • New BMJ Chair of the Board

Ron Gordon

Job Titles:
  • National Accounts Manager, American Medical Communications

Ryan Rodriguez

Job Titles:
  • Customer Engagement Manager

Sabreena Malik


Sally Carter

Job Titles:
  • Education

Sara Schroter

Job Titles:
  • Senior Researcher

Sarah Payton


SHARMILA NEBHRAJANI OBE

Job Titles:
  • Director

Sharon Davies

Job Titles:
  • Letters Editor

SHREELATA TANUKA DATTA

Job Titles:
  • CONSULTANT OBSTETRICIAN AND GYNAECOLOGIS
  • Director

Sophia Walker


Sophie Cook

Job Titles:
  • Editor in Chief, BMJ Medicine

Sue Minns


Tessa Richards


Theodora Bloom

Job Titles:
  • Executive Editor

Tiago Villanueva


Tim Cole

Job Titles:
  • Statistics Advisor

Timothy Feeney


Tobias Kurth

Job Titles:
  • Statistics Advisor

Tom Moberly

Job Titles:
  • Editor

Tom Nolan

Job Titles:
  • Education Editor )

TREVOR PAUL PICKERSGILL - Treasurer

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • TREASURER

Vivien Chen

Job Titles:
  • Research

Will Stahl-Timmins

Job Titles:
  • Data Graphics Designer

Wim Weber

Job Titles:
  • Deputy Head of Research

Winston Jeune

Job Titles:
  • Sales Representative

Zosia Kmietowicz

Job Titles:
  • News Editor