Meet the Team
Management
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Dr Paul Ayris, Paul Ayris Pro-Vice-Provost (Library, Culture, Collections, Open Science), UCL and CEO of UCL Press Paul is the founder and CEO of UCL Press, and serves on UCL’s Senior Management Team. He chairs the UCL Press Executive Board. |
Martin Moyle Martin manages a large portfolio of teams in UCL Library Services, among them open access services including UCL Press. |
Lara Speicher Lara joined UCL in 2013 and worked with colleagues to set UCL Press up from scratch. She was previously Commissioning Editor at British Library Publishing. |
Editorial:Monographs and Edited Collections
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Dr Chris Penfold
Commissioning Editor (All subjects excluding education)
Chris has been commissioning books for UCL Press since 2015. Prior to this role he was Commissioning Editor at Palgrave Macmillan.
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Pat Gordon-Smith
Commissioning Editor
(Archaeology, Education and related subjects)
Pat is building our lists in Archaeology and Education, and related areas of social science. She brings 30 years’ experience to the role.
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Editorial: Textbooks
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Dhara Snowden
Textbook Programme Manager Dhara is currently developing our OA Textbook Programme. She previously held editorial roles at Rowman & Littlefield, Edinburgh University Press and Bloomsbury Publishing.
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Production
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Jaimee Biggins Jaimee leads our production team and has extensive experience of book production. Prior to UCL Press she was Production Team Leader at OUP for 6 years. |
Grace Patmore Grace brings a wealth of production experience to the UCL Press team, and will be covering Jaimee's role until Autumn 2022. |
Adam Lawley-Hughes Adam joined the UCL Press team in 2022 and has previously worked with Pearson, McGraw Hill and Hodder Education in a variety of print and digital production roles. |
Sales and Marketing
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Alison Fox Alison has led our marketing, distribution and sales team since 2015. She previously held a variety of marketing roles at Wolters Kluwer (LWW) and Informa. |
Margie Coughlin Margie has experience in publishing and the book trade, having worked for Waterstones, a variety of publishers and literary agencies. |
Laurie Sakura McNamee Laurie has extensive experience working in a variety of library roles including customer service and special collections. She has also worked for Waterstones. |
Journals
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Ian Caswell
Journals Manager
Ian leads the UCL Press journals programme. He has worked on journal portfolios at Wiley and BioMed Central.
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Pat Gordon-Smith
Journals Manager (Education)
In addition to the Education books programme, Pat also manages the UCL Press education journals.
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