John O'Hanlon

• Job Title: Editorial Director
• Location: Norwich, UK
• Direct Dial: 01603 217546

Job Description:

Overall editorial responsibility for WDM's websites and magazines.

Bio:

I have always been fond of language and literature so it was not surprising that I ended up working with words. I started out as a lecturer in health education, then went into the Foreign Office. Following that I became a publisher of books working for McGraw-Hill, subsequently going to Africa to manage and set up national educational publishing operations in Tanzania and Nigeria. I came into business to business publishing in 1996 and since then have helped launch seven magazines in the UK and the USA.

Favourite Thing:

Teddy bear.

Pet Hate:

Men in shorts.

Special Talent:

Suffering the little children.

What makes me happy:

Drink. I don't drink.

My worst habit:

Obsessive tidiness.

Person I would most like to meet and why:

A toss up between Genghis Khan and Beethoven.