SPCK Group Press Release 13 January 2022

SPCK Group strengthens its sales presence with the appointment of two Key Account Managers

SPCK Group, the UK’s leading Christian book publisher, today announces the appointment of two new Key Account Managers. These hires reflect the continued ambition of increasing the market share of titles from SPCK Group, and those of its client partners.

“The SPCK Group’s promise to our authors and client publishers is that our sales reach into secular outlets is as strong as the biggest national publishing groups, and our sales reach into specialist Christian outlets is the best available befitting our position as the UK’s leading Christian book publisher by turnover. These two excellent appointments secure our ability to deliver in this promise in the coming years in the post-Covid marketplace.” Sam Richardson, Chief Executive.

“David Ramsay and Lawrie Stenhouse join the Sales team at a very exciting time. Following the recent successful merger with Lion Hudson in the spring of 2021, these two appointments allow us to respond to demand for our books from all around the world. We are passionate about increasing visibility and sales for our titles, and those of our publisher clients.” Rowan Miller, Head of Sales

The experienced SPCK Group sales team, comprising Rowan Miller (Head of Sales), David Ramsay, Lawrie Stenhouse (Key Account Managers) and Padma Krishnamurthy (Sales Coordinator) are further complimented by internal changes to inventory, operations and marketing functions at SPCK which enable the team to devote more time than ever to developing sales opportunities.

Notes for editors: Lion Hudson Merger: https://spckpublishing.co.uk/blog/spck-group-press-releases-21-april-2021.html

The SPCK Group is the UK’s leading Christian book publisher. Its vision is a world where everyone is transformed by Christian knowledge, and its mission is to lead the way in creating books and resources which help everyone to make sense of faith. Since coming under new management following the closure of its bookshops, SPCK has seen great success from its publishing in the last six years, doubling its income and winning Specialist Consumer Publisher of the Year three times and Large Christian Publisher of the Year three times. The SPCK imprint is a broad-based imprint seeking to publish the very best Christian books. SPCK’s subsidiary Inter-Varsity Press specialises in Christian evangelical books. SPCK is a charity founded in 1698 and governed by a royal charter. SPCK’s patron is Her Majesty the Queen and its president is the Archbishop of Canterbury.