Profile Books
Frances Ford is an accomplished finance professional with extensive experience in senior financial roles. Currently serving as Finance Director at Profile Books Ltd since April 2000, Frances has previously held the position of Finance Director at Frederick Warne from 1997 to 1999. Frances began a career at Penguin Group UK as a Project Accountant, where service extended from 1987 to 1997. Frances holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Accounting and Law from the University of Kent at Canterbury, completed between 1977 and 1980, and received foundational education at St Paul's Girls' School from 1969 to 1977.
Profile Books
Profile Books was founded in 1996 to publish stimulating non-fiction in a wide range of fields, including history and current affairs, business and economics, science and biography, with a sprinkling of humour. Our authors include Robert Greene, Ryan Holiday, Mary Beard, Shoshana Zuboff, Oliver Bullough and Kwame Anthony Appiah. We are the proud publishing partner of The Economist Books and the Wellcome Collection books. In January 2007 Profile acquired Serpent’s Tail, a company that publishes highly distinctive award-winning international fiction such as We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver, Sarah Perry's The Essex Serpent and Esi Edugyan's Washington Black as well as cutting-edge non fiction. In 2018, Profile took over Souvenir Press, which has a backlist of 500 active titles and is especially strong in psychology, personal development, health and wellness. The company has been Small Publisher of the Year on three occasions. It prides itself on its commitment to its books and its authors, its professionalism and business rigour, its open management style and its nimbleness in responding to market opportunities.