The Publishers Association (PA) has announced that William Bowes, General Counsel and Company Secretary at Cambridge University Press will become Chair of The PA's Academic and Professional Division Board (APD). William Bowes will chair the upcoming Annual General Meeting and APD Board in November 2013.
In his role at the Press, William manages a team responsible for the legal, Intellectual Property (IP) and regulatory affairs of the Press worldwide on behalf of the Press's University-appointed governance body, the Syndicate.
William is a qualified and practising Solicitor, specialising in IP. He undertook his legal training with London based international law firm Wragge & Co, before qualifying into their IP litigation department. From there, he moved to Penguin Books as IP Counsel and subsequently held a similar role at Taylor & Francis before joining Cambridge in February 2011.
The Publishers Association aims to strengthen the trading environment for UK publishers, by providing a strong voice for the industry in government, within society and with other stakeholders in the UK, in Europe and internationally; providing a forum for the exchange of non-competitive information between publishers; and providing support and guidance to the industry through technological and other changes.
