Keith Underwood Appointed Chief Financial, Operating Officer at Bloomsbury
Keith Underwood has been appointed chief financial and operating officer at Bloomsbury Publishing, effective February 2, 2026. Underwood will report to chief executive Nigel Newton and will join the U.K.-based publisher’s board of directors. He succeeds group finance director Penny Scott-Bayfield, who is departing Bloomsbury.
Underwood joins from Guardian Media Group (GMG), where he is currently chief financial and operating officer, and was previously interim CEO. Prior to joining GMG in June 2020, he worked at Channel 4 as chief financial and operating officer and spent more than eight years on the executive committee.
“I am greatly looking forward to working with Keith and benefiting from his significant media, finance, operations and AI expertise,” said Newton in a statement. “He joins as Bloomsbury grasps the huge opportunity of artificial intelligence, licensing content for significant future revenue while increasing operational efficiency. Keith has the perfect experience to help deliver these ambitions for Bloomsbury and its shareholders.”
