Governance

The PA’s board, PA Council, consists of 15 representatives elected from the membership, together with the chairs of the Trade Publishers Council, the Academic and Professional Board, the Educational Publishers Council, and the International Board; and the Chief Executive. It meets roughly six times a year. A member of Council may serve up to two three-year terms.

Further details may be found here:

  Memorandum and Articles

The PA Officers consist of the President, Vice President, who is also the Treasurer, and the Past President.

The current officers are:

Simon Allen President ( McGraw-Hill Education)

Victoria Barnsley Vice President (HarperCollins)

Ian Hudson Past President (Random House)
 

The other current members of Council are:
 

Rod Bristow (Pearson Education)
Richard Charkin (Bloomsbury)
Erik Engstrom (Elsevier)
Peter Field (Penguin)
Peter Lake (Sweet & Maxwell)
Stephen Page (Faber & Faber)
Nigel Portwood (OUP)
Amanda Ridout (HarperCollins)
Nicholas Robinson (Constable & Robinson)
Peter Roche (Orion Publishing)
Timothy Wright (Edinburgh University Press)

Ex-Officio
 
Rob Ince (McGraw-Hill) Chair Educational Publishers Council
Simon Littlewood (Random House) Chair International Division
Ursula Mackenzie (Little, Brown Book Group) Chair of Trade Publishers Council
Nick Perren (Maia Publishing) FEP/IPA Delegate
Jon Walmsley (Blackwell) Chair Academic & Professional Division