Barbara Ronan is an accomplished sales professional with extensive experience in the publishing industry. Since January 2019, Barbara has served as the Sales Director - Group Retail and Head of Group Retail at Hachette UK. Prior to this role, Barbara was the Key Account Director at Little, Brown Book Group from January 2018 to January 2019. Barbara's career in publishing began at Headline Publishing Group, where responsibilities included Sales Director, Head of UK Sales, Head of Sales for the Headline imprint, Key Account Manager, and Export Sales Executive/Manager from March 2000 to June 2017. Barbara holds a BA in English Literature from the University of Birmingham, obtained between 1995 and 1998.