Drummond Moir appointed M.D. of Atlantic Books

Atlantic Books is delighted to announce that Drummond Moir has been appointed the new Managing Director of Atlantic Books, replacing Will Atkinson.

Drummond Moir is currently Deputy Divisional Publisher at Ebury where he has headed their Smart Thinking hub for the past four years. His authors at Ebury include Head of TED Talks Chris Anderson, award-winning conservationist Charles Clover, psychologist Kimberley Wilson, and novelist John Green. In Moir’s time at Ebury, his hub’s authors have won or been shortlisted for all five of the UK’s leading nonfiction prizes – the Costa, Baillie Gifford, Wainwright, FT and William Hill – in addition to winning the Nobel Peace Prize.

Moir was previously at Sceptre and Hodder & Stoughton, which he joined in 2011. Whilst there he published numerous bestsellers and prize-winners including Factfulness by Hans Rosling, The Art of Thinking Clearly by Rolf Dobelli, Deeds Not Words: The Story of Women’s Rights, Then and Now by Helen Pankhurst, and fiction successes such as A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman, The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers, and World Fantasy Award-winning and Man Booker-longlisted novel The Chimes by Anna Smaill.

Drummond Moir said, ‘I’d like to pay tribute to the editorial and campaigns teams who have achieved such great things for our hub; and to Ebury’s Exec, led by Joel Rickett and Andrew Goodfellow, for such inspiring and supportive leadership during turbulent times.

Atlantic is a publishing house built on great writing, original thinking, superb storytelling and an endless capacity to surprise and delight: exactly the things readers and listeners the world over need more than ever. I’m looking forward to throwing all my energy into working with my new colleagues and our authors to take the company and its publishing to bold new heights.’

Robert Gorman, CEO of Atlantic’s parent company Allen & Unwin, said, ‘Drummond is both a pre-eminent publisher and an astute leader, and we are delighted he will be heading Atlantic Books. He has a unique feel for great publishing, and combines editorial verve, entrepreneurialism and big-picture thinking in a winning way. Atlantic’s publishing has a worldwide reputation for quality and breadth, and Drummond’s leadership will further enhance our strong and highly experienced Atlantic team as they continue their ambitious publishing.’

Andrew Goodfellow, Divisional Publisher at Ebury, said, ‘As friend and colleague I’m both sad and thrilled to see Drummond moving on. Sad because he’s been such a dynamic, supportive and caring member of the leadership team and thrilled because I think he’ll make an incredible MD for Atlantic. He really believed in Ebury and helped transform us into a consistent and focused home for bestselling and prizewinning non-fiction. Thankfully he leaves behind an amazing team that will only continue that spectacular publishing.’

Moir will join Atlantic Books in the Autumn, reporting to Robert Gorman.