Stephen Hawthorne

Stephen Hawthorne is Deputy Chief Executive of the Royal Society of Chemistry with responsibility for the RSC’s international and ambitious journals, books and databases publishing programme, commercial activities and not-for-profit education initiatives.  As a member of the RSC Leadership Team, he has responsibility for the long term vision and strategy of the organisation allowing him to optimise the synergies between the commercial and charitable parts of the society. 

Stephen has over 20 years of STM publishing experience including holding the positions of Sales Director EMEA at Elsevier (Health Science Books) and Regional Sales Director N. Europe at ProQuest working with a range of international clients across all information sectors. 

Stephen serves as a member of Council for the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers. 

A graduate in Economics from the Queen’s University of Belfast, Stephen lives in Cambridge, UK.