Helen Cooke

Helen Cooke is the current Director of Publisher Business Development at Digital Science. Helen has over fifteen years of experience in sales, account management, and head of journals sales. Prior to their current position, they were the International Sales Manager at GeoScienceWorld from September 2018 to April 2021. In this role, they were responsible for promotion and sales of the GeoScienceWorld collections to academic, government, and corporate institutions across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, South East Asia, Russia, and Africa. Helen has also Negotiated with institutions and library consortia worldwide to form agreements for access to e-resources.

From November 2004 to April 2008, they were the Head of Journals Sales at SAGE Publications. In this role, they recruited and managed a sales team of account managers and was responsible for new and renewal consortia/multi-site e-resource business across Europe. Helen also recommended and implemented e-resource policies re archives, books, pricing & trials. Additionally, they visited customers, attended industry conferences, hosted and planned sales conferences, and reported on sales team performance/sales figures.

Helen Cooke has a post-graduate certificate in international business from Alliance Manchester Business School, and a BA Hons. in French and Spanish from the University of Hull.

They work with Ashlea Higgs - Managing Director Government & Funders, Larry Herb - CFO, and Elizabeth Donohue - Managing Director of Publisher Relations. Helen Cooke reports to Daniel Hook, CEO.