Richard Charkin

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Name Richard Charkin

Books The Lowdown: Top Tips for Wannabe CEOs, Charkin Blog: The Archive

Richard Charkin, publisher, United Kingdom

Richard Charkin (born 17 June 1949) is a British publishing executive. He has held executive positions at Pergamon Press, Oxford University Press, Reed International/Reed Elsevier and Current Science Group, and is the former Chief Executive of Macmillan Publishers Limited and Executive Director of Verlagsgruppe Georg von Holtzbrinck. In 2015, he became President of the International Publishers Association.

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Richard Charkin on the challenges facing publishing, Mother Elephants and Codfish

Education

Charkin has an MA in Natural Sciences from Trinity College Cambridge, and also followed the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School. He was a Supernumerary Fellow of Green College, Oxford and is currently visiting professor at the University of the Arts London.

Publishing career

Science Editor, Harrap & Co. 1972–73

Senior Publishing Manager, Life Sciences, Pergamon Press 1973–74

Oxford University Press: medical books editor 1974–76, Head of Science and Medical Division 1976–80, Head of Reference Division 1980–84, Managing Director Academic Division 1984–88

Executive Director Octopus Publishing Group (Reed) 1988–1990

Chief Executive Reed Consumer Books 1990-94 & Reed International Books 1994–95

Managing Director Current Science Group 1995–96

CEO worldwide, Macmillan Ltd 1997–2007

Executive Director Bloomsbury plc 2007–

Council member and former President of the UK Publishers Association

President of International Publishers Association 2015–

Publications

Charkin Blog, The Archive, Macmillan, 2008.

The Lowdown: top tips for wannabe CEOs (with Richard Pettinger), Creative Content Ltd, 2009

References

Richard Charkin Wikipedia

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