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Rachel Moriarty
Rachel Moriarty has been working in academic publishing since joining Springer Nature as a Senior Editorial Assistant in 2009, following completion of an MSc in Publishing. 15 years on, she is an experienced Publisher, based in the UK, and working for Oxford University Press. She am passionate about contributing to the wider publishing community, and held the Early Career Publisher seat on the Board of the STM Association until December 2021. She was the Chair of the STM's Early Career Publishers Committee (ECPC) until October 2020, and was served on the ECPC as co-Chair of the Mentoring sub-Committee until December 2023. She now serves on the ECPC Advisory Committee. She regularly participates in webinars and mentoring programmes, aimed at developing the next generation of Publishers (as well as herself). In her spare time, she is also a Director of the North Merchiston Club, a charitable organisation and community centre based in Edinburgh, Scotland.