Charles Jarrold will take on the mantle of BPIF CEO on 5 January 2015. He takes up the position following the death of former CEO Kathy Woodward in the summer.
Qualifying as an accountant with Ernst and Young, Jarrold worked in the publishing sector in London for ten years, moving to Norwich in 1998 to join the print division of family owned Jarrold and Sons, where his roles included print division finance director, operations director and managing director, before the sale of the division to a management buy-in team.
Jarrold was approached to run Poole based Southernprint, then the commercial print business of newspaper group Newsquest. More recently, he worked for St Ives as divisional managing director of its Web offset division, prior to its sale, and he has concentrated on developing his skills and experience in online and e-commerce, particularly concentrating on the intersection of online and print.
He said of the new appointment: “I’m delighted to be appointed to this role. As an organisation, the BPIF has been through a period of significant development led by Kathy, and is now in a great position to assist its members in adapting to the changes in the sector. My immediate priority is to meet the team at the BPIF, and as many members as possible, in order to ensure that we continue to develop the BPIF in a manner that reflects their requirements”.
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