Declan Moore is chief media officer of the National Geographic Society and responsible for the Society’s membership program and its media content creation across print, TV and online platforms. He also runs its corporate partnerships, consumer products, travel, licensing and membership marketing.

Before his appointment as chief media officer in April 2014, Moore was president of publishing and travel, with global responsibility for all magazines, books, membership, maps, digital media including the Society’s award-winning website www.nationalgeographic.com, mobile, apps, home entertainment and Nat Geo Creative, the Society’s in-house photography, motion and talent company.

He also served previously as senior vice president and international publisher for National Geographic Publications and nationalgeographic.com, responsible for all local-language editions of National Geographic Publications and development of advertising and partner marketing programs for the English-language edition of National Geographic magazine and www.nationalgeographic.com. He was named as one of Media and Marketing magazines’ “40 under 40” in 2007.

Moore began his career with National Geographic as product manager for International Video in 1995 and progressed to the international publishing division in 1999, where, as director of marketing and business development, he created marketing programs and managed marketing services for the now global network of 40 local-language editions of National Geographic magazine, multiple local-language editions of NG Kids magazine and more than 150 local-language editions of NG books and electronic media. He moved to London in 2004 as international publisher.

Prior to joining National Geographic, Moore worked for Pennsylvania-based direct marketer The Franklin Mint as a European sales manager, managing both housefile and media promotions.

Moore sits on the boards of National Geographic Channel and National Geographic Channels International, the executive committee of the MPA Board (Association of Magazine Media), the NYU Publishing Advisory Board and Nikkei National Geographic, the Society’s joint venture company in Japan.

Moore graduated with a commerce degree from University College Dublin in 1987 and holds an M.B.A. in finance (2005) from the Kogod School of Business at American University in Washington, D.C. He completed his degree-required advanced finance classes at the London Business School.