The Publishers Association has announced the appointment of new officers with Dominic Knight, Chairman of Palgrave Macmillan and Executive Director of Change Programmes, Macmillan Science and Education, appointed as President, and Joanna Prior, Managing Director, Penguin, as Vice-President and Treasurer.
Knight previously served as Vice-President under the new Past President Nick Fowler, Managing Director of Elsevier, while previously sat as Chair of the Publishers Association Trade Publishers Council.
The PA Trade Publishers Council has also seen new appointments with Jamie Byng, Managing Director, Canongate, being confirmed as Chair.
The Publishers Association is the leading trade organisation serving book, journal, audio and electronic publishers in the UK. Membership comprises 114 companies from across the trade, academic and education sectors. Its core service is representation and lobbying, around copyright, rights and other matters relevant to members, who represent roughly 80 percent of the industry by turnover.
