Leon Heward-Mills is Managing Director, Academic & Chief Content Officer. He leads the content strategy for our researcher content, product and services business, including Taylor & Francis’ journals and books programs, new products and services.

He began his publishing career in the early 1990s in the Journals Division of Chapman & Hall, before becoming Head of Publishing at the Institution of Civil Engineers, developing their book, journal, and online programs.

Leon was Chief Executive of the Society for Endocrinology and Managing Director of BioScientifica Ltd, the Society’s commercial subsidiary before joining Taylor & Francis in April 2015.

He has served as a member of the board of the International Association of STM Publishers, a past member of the Publications Board of the Royal Society, and is a member of Council of the Publishers Association in the UK.