Bloomsbury Publishing Founder/CEO Moves to Executive Chairman Role

MT Newswires · 1d ago
03:43 AM EDT, 09/08/2026 (MT Newswires) -- Bloomsbury Publishing (BMY.L) Founder and Chief Executive Officer Nigel Newton transitioned to the role of executive chairman on Tuesday, according to a same-day release. Concurrently, Chairman John Bason took on the position of deputy chairman. Under a five-year succession plan, the UK-listed publishing company will appoint a new CEO in two years. To ensure a smooth handover, Newton will remain executive chairman for the first three years of the new CEO's tenure, and become a nonexecutive chair at the end of the five-year succession plan in 2031.