Senior management
Simon Juden
Simon Juden joined The Publishers Association as chief executive in May 2007.
Simon Juden was born and brought up in Norfolk and read Pure Mathematics at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, going on to complete a PhD at the University of Bath. He taught at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest before working with satellites as a scientist and computer programmer. He went freelance in 1997, first as an IT expert and later as a management consultant, working on a variety of programmes within the high technology sector for companies like Vodafone, Data General, Proquest and Manugistics. He joined the board of the Professional Contractors Group (a trade body for freelance workers) in 2001, becoming its full-time chairman in 2004. He left to join the Publishers Association as CEO in May 2007. The production and consumption of digital product is a particular interest of his, and he speaks and writes on publishing in a digital age in a variety of fora within the UK and Europe
Graham Taylor
Graham Taylor is the PA’s director of educational, academic and professional publishing. With over 30 years’ experience of the schools, academic, research and vocational markets, Graham promotes our industry’s offer on matters such as raising standards in education, extending access to research outputs, improving the skills base, and harnessing effective use of technology. He looks in particular to address the front line issues associated with a healthy marketplace and the challenges of marketing and managing IPR in the emerging digital landscape.