Bloomsbury's Megan Schaffer moves to JMP

Megan Schaffer, head of UK key accounts at Bloomsbury, is joining John Murray Press as sales director at the end of the year. 

Schaffer, who has been in her current role with Bloomsbury for the past four years, said the time had come to move on. Prior to Bloomsbury, she was a member of the Little, Brown sales team. 

"I am absolutely thrilled to be joining the John Murray Press and Hodder team," Schaffer said. "I have been lucky enough to have spent four very happy years in Bedford Square at Bloomsbury, working with some truly inspiring colleagues and authors. The time has come to move on, and I cannot think of a better place to go to than John Murray, with their wonderful list and enviable heritage. Great things are happening at Hachette and I am very much looking forward to getting started."

Lucy Hale, group sales director, commented: "We are delighted to welcome Megan back to Hachette to head up sales at John Murray Press who were recently awarded Imprint of the Year.  We very much look forward to her working with Nick Davies and the John Murray team, our hugely talented authors, and our much valued UK trade customers."