Maja Thomas

Maja Thomas is the Chief Innovation Officer of Hachette Livre, and the Director of the Hachette Business Development and Innovation Program, focusing on the intersection of publishing and digital innovation.

Maja works internationally across divisions and sectors, facilitating collaboration with start-ups and established global players, to get books into the hands, phones, and ears of readers. The team she leads aims to accelerate digital transformation by piloting projects around new forms of storytelling and finding novel uses for artificial intelligence, machine learning, and big data in publishing operations.

Earlier in her career she operated as an intrapreneurial executive, managing teams that created award-winning audiobooks, ebooks, and applications. During a period of dizzying transformation, Maja helped publishers navigate new territory, leading business development and strategy, and negotiating innovative partnerships with global players such as Google, Amazon, and Apple.

Maja contributes to the Tech Effect column in Publishers Weekly and has written for Book Business and O Magazines.