Carole Tonkinson is Publisher at LEAP and commissioning non-fiction across the Bonnier Books UK lists. She has launched massive debut author brands (Joe Wicks, Pinch of Nom, Mo Gawdat) as well as publishing many industry-leading titles such as Open by Andre Agassi to conversation-changing books like Maybe I Don’t Belong Here by David Harewood to inspirational books by Vex King, Oprah Winfrey, the Dalai Lama.

She was awarded Editor of the Year at the British Book Awards in 2020 and named Management Today’s Entrepreneur of the Year in the Inspiring Women in Business Awards in the same year. She joined BBUK in October 2023.