Bloomsbury Publishing Plc has appointed John Warren as Independent Non-Executive Director, chair of the Audit Committee and Senior Independent Director to succeed Ian Cormack whose term ends at the AGM to be held on July 23, 2015. John sits on the Remuneration, Nomination and Audit committees. John is a Chartered Accountant and has a wealth of non-executive experience including as audit committee chair of Welsh Water, Greencore Group plc, 4imprint Group plc, Bovis Homes Group PLC and Spectris plc.

As an executive, he was Finance Director of WH Smith PLC and United Biscuits Plc. The effective date is July 23, 2015.