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4th July 2009

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Thomas made c.e.o of Macmillan

04.10.07 Alison Flood

Nature Publishing Group m.d. Annette Thomas is replacing Richard Charkin as c.e.o. of Macmillan with immediate effect. Charkin announced his departure to Bloomsbury last week. Mike Barnard coordinated UK and overseas operations in the interim, and will remain at Macmillan as deputy chairman.

Thomas, who won the Kim Scott Walwyn Prize this year, will have the same structural responsibilities as Charkin. She will report to Stefan von Holtzbrinck, c.e.o. of Macmillan's parent company the Holtzbrinck Group. John Sargent will continue to be responsible for the US operation, reporting to von Holtzbrinck.

Annette joined Macmillan 14 years ago at Nature magazine. She has held a number of editorial and publishing roles within NPG, including publisher of the Nature Reviews series, before being appointed m.d. in October 2000.

She said she felt "hugely honoured" to take over from Charkin. "Macmillan is in a fantastic position for further growth and development on a number of fronts. I intend to build on that with the help of my colleagues in the UK and around the world. We have an outstanding team and I’m looking forward greatly to working with them all in this next phase of Macmillan’s development."

Von Holtzbrinck added: "Annette has been an extremely successful and popular colleague on the main board of Macmillan, where she has contributed valuable input to our strategic development. We have all admired her dynamic and creative management style. Annette’s great strengths in the scholarly, science and academic fields will complement perfectly John Sargent’s wide experience in trade and higher education, giving us an extremely strong international team.

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