STM welcomes Leila Jones

Leila Jones joins STM today as Director of Strategic Programmes. In this newly created role, Leila will facilitate the delivery of STM’s strategy by overseeing, coordinating, and tracking projects and initiatives across STM’s core strategic pillars. Leila will be collaborating with the STM Board, committee members, and STM staff across functions, as well as external stakeholders.

Prior to joining STM, Leila spent the last 12 years working for Taylor & Francis, where she held various Editorial and Operational roles. Since 2019, she has been the Director of Operational Excellence at Taylor & Francis, where she used her continuous improvement and project management skills to drive operational efficiencies and successfully launch and lead a new team. Leila has more than 20 years of experience in the scholarly publishing industry and has also held positions at Blackwell Publishing, Elsevier, Nature Publishing Group, and Wiley.

"I am delighted to be joining STM at such an exciting time for the association and look forward to applying my skills and experience to make a difference for scholarly communications globally," she said.