Maura Wilding is the Group Communications Director and a member of the Executive Board at Hachette UK, the UK’s second largest publisher. She leads the business’s internal and external communications and social impact strategy, including their Raising Readers campaign, created to fight the decline in children reading for pleasure. A passionate advocate for inclusion and widening access to publishing, the arts, and writing, she is a proud co-patron of Changing the Story, Hachette UK’s commitment to the vital work of diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Wilding has twice been included in PR Week’s Power Book and The Bookseller’s 150, having previously been selected for PR Week’s 30 Under 30 and named a Rising Star in The Bookseller.