Medical information provider BMJ Group, UK, has announced the appointment of Tim Brooks, the former managing director of the Guardian News & Media, as CEO, effective October 1. He succeeds Stella Dutton, who is retiring from the company after 16 years.
The BMJ Group publishes the British Medical Journal and over 40 specialist medical journals. During Stella’s term as CEO revenues have doubled to £70 million and operating profits trebled to over £10 million. Nearly 60 percent of the BMJ Group’s revenues now come from overseas and BMJ Learning, its online continuous professional development resource for doctors, and decision support tools such as Best Practice are leaders in their field worldwide.
Brooks is currently consulting to a number of major media organisations. He is Executive Fellow in Strategy and Entrepreneurship at London Business School and a member of the UK government’s Digital Advisory Board.
Brooks has dual reporting lines to the Chairman of the BMJ Group, Dr Michael Chamberlain, and to Tony Bourne, the Chief Executive/Secretary of the BMA, which owns the BMJ Group. Stella will remain as a consultant to the BMJ Group until February next year.
