Jon Rippon FCCA
Rippon Publishing Management founder and director, Jon Rippon, is a board level finance and operations director with more than 25 years' experience mainly in the publishing and media industries, and a proven track record of achieving company objectives and growth plans.
He worked as the financial controller at C&B Publishing Plc - the listed owners of the Collins & Brown publishing group who also owned imprints such as Pavilion Books and Belitha Press - until 2001, when he became finance director of Frances Lincoln Limited. Working alongside John Nicoll, the owner and managing director, he grew and developed the company until he oversaw its eventual sale to the Quarto Group in 2011.
In August 2012 Jon joined Constable & Robinson Limited (C&R) as group finance director overseeing its finance and operations functions before eventually overseeing the company’s sale to Little, Brown Book Group (part of Hachette UK).
After overseeing the successful integration of C&R and its systems into Hachette UK, Jon left Little, Brown in October 2014 to run Rippon Publishing Management full-time.