Roger (pictured), who won the PPA New Publisher of the Year award in 2010, has worked at IPC Media since 2004. Initially joining as a business analyst for IPC Media’s Southbank division, in 2005 he became managing editor for Marie Claire, progressing to become associate publisher in 2008. Prior to joining IPC, Roger worked as a business analyst at Coca Cola, Conde Nast and British Airways.
Fiona Dent, managing director, IPC Connect says: “The Connect women’s lifestyle portfolio continues to go from strength-to-strength. In May we celebrated the highly successful development of Woman, the number one women’s lifestyle weekly, and more recently won an AOP award for GoodtoKnow, our market-leading and rapidly growing women’s lifestyle website. I am delighted to welcome Roger to Connect to run the women’s lifestyle portfolio at this exciting time, his talent and ambition make him the perfect person to drive our leading women’s lifestyle brands to even greater success.”
Roger Cummings adds: “There have been a number of exciting developments in the woman’s weekly lifestyle market, so it’s a great time to be on board. I’m excited to be joining this award-winning team and I’m certain that my experience and grounding at Marie Claire will stand me in good stead.”
Roger takes up his new position next month and replaces Oswin Grady who moves to become publishing director for IPC Inspire’s three equestrian titles: Horse & Hound, Horse and Eventing.
