Dan Shepherd

Dan Shepherd has extensive work experience in various leadership roles in the publishing industry. Dan co-founded Wonderful Recruitment & Development and The Wonderful Ideas Project in 2021. Prior to that, they held positions such as North American Strategy Director, Co-Publishing Partnership Director, and International Sales and Marketing Director at AMEET Publishing from 2017 to present. Dan served as the CEO of IglooBooks Ltd in 2016 and as the Global Sales and Marketing Director at Dorling Kindersley Publishing from 2012 to 2016. Dan also worked as the Deputy Managing Director at Hachette Children's Books in 2012 and held roles at Penguin Books, including Deputy Group Sales Director and Children's Sales Director, from 2009 to 2012.

Dan Shepherd attended Alleyn's School from 1989 to 1996. From 1996 to 2000, they pursued a degree in Business Studies at Sheffield Hallam University.