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Simon & Schuster UK and International CEO Ian Chapman to step down
Ian Chapman, CEO of Simon & Schuster UK and International, is set to step down from his role in May this year, after 25 years with the publisher.
Chapman was named chief executive and publisher, Simon & Schuster UK and International in July 2013 and during his tenure led the UK company to win the Publisher of the Year Award in the 2022 and 2023 British Book Awards, and Children’s Publisher of the Year in 2023.
In his role, he has full responsibility for the publishing, editorial, marketing and sales functions of Simon & Schuster UK, which publishes a full range of adult, children’s and audiobook titles in both printed and digital formats.
He also holds overall responsibility for Simon & Schuster Australia and in 2011 added responsibility for Simon & Schuster India.
Chapman said: "I have had the most wonderful time doing a job I love, building a hugely talented and delightful team throughout the UK, Australia, India and other international territories outside of the US, working in the world of books.
"I am proud of what we have achieved and leave a legacy of a great publishing company following a period of rapid growth. I am grateful to the authors who have trusted us with their work. It has been a privilege to publish you. In Simon & Schuster UK, Australia and India, we have built something very special together and I am immensely appreciative of my immediate team and all my colleagues for their support and dedication over the years."
Prior to joining Simon & Schuster, Chapman was MD of Macmillan General Books, with overall publishing responsibility for the Macmillan, Picador, Pan and Sidgwick & Jackson imprints. He has also held editorial and publishing positions at Pan Macmillan and Hodder & Stoughton, and in the United States at William Morrow, Berkley and Doubleday. Chapman was a member of the Publishers Association Council for eight years. He is also chair of the Book Trade Charity (BTBS).
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Jonathan Karp, CEO of Simon & Schuster, said: "Through the years, Ian has demonstrated strong and steady leadership, driving dynamic growth in our UK, Australia, and India divisions, and earning the broad respect of the international publishing community. Ian’s exceptional accomplishments were marked by two consecutive British Book Awards in 2022 and 2023 as Publisher of the Year alongside Children’s Publisher of the Year in 2023, a double rarely achieved.
"Describing the significance and sweep of what Ian has accomplished in his quarter-century of leadership is a daunting challenge. For all of his colleagues at Simon & Schuster, Ian has been a beacon and a stalwart ally. For all of our authors, he has been an enthusiastic and effective champion. The number of authors he has published to great success and acclaim is far too numerous to mention, but the list is long and storied, and their books will be read long after all of us have retired."
Simon & Schuster added that a successor would be announced in due course.
