Louise Stark left Brisbane after university and landed in publishing in London. She held a variety of sales and marketing roles at Ryland Peters & Small, Faber & Faber and Hodder & Stoughton before returning home as the Sales & Marketing Director of Hodder & Stoughton at Hachette Australia. Louise then spent a very interesting couple of years at Google Play as their UK and Australian store merchandiser and at Bloomsbury as their Australian MD. She is currently CEO of Hachette Australia & New Zealand and is passionate about promoting the benefits of reading to all Australians.