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Investing.com -- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc (LSE:BMY) has appointed Keith Underwood as its new Chief Financial and Operating Officer, the company announced Thursday.
Underwood, who currently serves as Chief Financial and Operating Officer at Guardian Media Group (GMG), will join Bloomsbury on February 2, 2026, allowing for a smooth transition with current Group Finance Director Penny Scott-Bayfield.
He will report directly to Chief Executive Nigel Newton and join Bloomsbury’s Board of Directors.
Before his role at GMG, where he also served as Interim CEO, Underwood worked at Channel 4 as Chief Financial and Operating Officer and spent over eight years on its Executive Committee.
His previous experience includes positions at Discovery Networks International, Sky, and PwC. He is a Chartered Accountant and currently serves as a Board member of Digital Catapult.
Nigel Newton, Founder and Chief Executive of Bloomsbury, expressed enthusiasm about working with Underwood, highlighting his "significant media, finance, operations and AI expertise." Newton noted that Underwood joins as the company pursues opportunities in Artificial Intelligence, licensing content for future revenue while improving operational efficiency.
Underwood commented on his appointment: "I am delighted to be joining Nigel Newton and his team at Bloomsbury. Bloomsbury has achieved hugely impressive growth with an increasingly diversified, high-quality portfolio distributed across more geographies, in more formats than ever before."
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