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Meet the team

Management

Dr 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

Director of Services (Library, Culture, Collections, Open Science), UCL 

Martin manages a large portfolio of teams in UCL’s department of Library, Culture, Collections & Open Science (LCCOS), among them open access services including UCL Press.

Lara Speicher

Head of Publishing, UCL Press

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.


Books Editorial

Dr Chris Penfold


Chris has been commissioning books for UCL Press since 2015. Prior to this role he was Commissioning Editor at Palgrave Macmillan.

Pat Gordon-Smith


Pat brings 30 years’ experience to the role, during which time she commissioned works for a number of academic publishers and professional organisations.

Elliot Beck

Assistant Commissioning Editor 

Elliot supports our Monographs and Edited Collections programme. He joined UCL Press in 2023 and has previously held editorial roles at Springer Nature and Cambridge University Press. 


Journals

Ian Caswell

Journals Manager

Ian leads the UCL Press journals programme. He has worked on journal portfolios at Wiley and BioMed Central. 

Amy Lynn

Journals Development Editor

Amy joined the UCL Press team in 2023. Prior to joining UCL Press, Amy worked on the Journals Portfolio at SAGE and Nature.

Sunbul Akhtar

Journals Development Editor

Sunbul joined the UCL Press team in 2022. Prior to joining UCL Press, Sunbul worked on the UK Journals Portfolio at Wolters Kluwer.


Textbooks

Dhara Snowden

Textbooks Publisher

Dhara leads the UCL Press open access Textbook Programme. She previously held editorial roles at Rowman & Littlefield, Edinburgh University Press and Bloomsbury Publishing.


Production

Jaimee Biggins

Production Manager

Jaimee leads the production team and has extensive experience of book and journal production. Prior to UCL Press she was Production Team Leader at OUP for 6 years.

Angela Thompson

Production Editor


Marketing, Publicity, Sales and Distribution

Alison Fox

Marketing and Distribution Manager

Alison has led our marketing, distribution and sales team since 2015. She previously held a wide variety of marketing roles at Wolters Kluwer (LWW) and Informa.

Margie Coughlin

Sales and Marketing Coordinator

Margie has wide experience in publishing and the book trade, having worked for Waterstones and a diverse range of publishers and literary agencies. 

L. McNamee

Sales and Admin Assistant

L. McNamee has extensive experience working in a variety of library roles including customer service and special collections. She has also worked for Waterstones.


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