Academic publisher Cambridge University Press has announced the appointment of Sir David Bell as the next Chairman of the Press Syndicate. Sir David will take up the position early in the new academic year. The announcement was made by the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge.
The University of Cambridge's statutes provide for the Vice-Chancellor or a duly appointed deputy to act as Chairman of the Press Syndicate, the body which supervises the affairs of the Press on behalf of the University, comprising senior academics from the University of Cambridge and external members.
Professor Tony Minson, former Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, Professor of Virology and a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences, has been Chairman of the Syndicate since 2009 and will be stepping down as planned as he approaches the end of his term.
Sir David Bell was appointed Chief Executive of the Financial Times in 1993 and was its Chairman from 1996 to 2009. In July 1998 he was also appointed Pearson's Director for People with responsibility for the recruitment, motivation, development and reward of all its employees. Sir David Bell is a non-executive director of The Economist. He retired as a director of Pearson plc at the end of 2009 after 13 years on the Board. He is currently serving on the Leveson Enquiry.
