Stav Athanasiou
Production manager, Telegraph Media Group
Stav has worked at the Telegraph Media Group since 2000 and is responsible for the production of its newspaper and magazine supplements, as well as the group’s outsourced print and paper procurement. She has achieved a thorough grounding and knowledge in all aspects of magazine and newspaper production from pre-press and the numerous print processes, through to finishing.
Francis Atterbury
Partner, Hurtwood Press
Francis is an award-winning fine art consultant who has carved a transatlantic career through Hurtwood Press, which specialises in printing fine art and photography. Hurtwood Press prides itself on ensuring that every project is printed in the best way possible. Francis is responsible for the day-to-day running of the company. As a consultant, he has worked with Stinehour Press, Westerham Press, Salto NV and Beacon Press, among others.
Juliette Butler
Freelance production manager
Juliette has worked for a range of leading book publishers, dealing with printers in the UK, Europe and Asia. She has also produced magazines and was production director at a leading creative agency, where she was responsible for buying colour repro, print, paper and fulfilment internationally for a range of products. Juliette is currently back in books managing the production of the Jamie Oliver series for Penguin, as well as other non-standard products.
Anthony Evans
Manager, City and County of Swansea DesignPrint
Anthony’s role incorporates graphic design, large-format, digital and litho processes, transactional printing, management of the council’s MFD fleet, and a professional print buying service for the authority. Anthony also represents more than 140 similar units as vice president of the Association of Print and Communication Managers (APCOM). Anthony has a broad range of experience spanning 26 years in the print sector.
Sue Fuller
Acting head of production, Story Worldwide
Sue has more than 20 years’ experience in production, having worked in the partworks, books and magazine sectors. In her extensive career, she has gained vast experience in areas such as sourcing and costing repro, signage, covermounts and all manner of international and domestic print. She was previously production director at Marshall Cavendish and has also worked at De Agostini and DK/Penguin.
Geoff Harris
Publishing controller, Tesco Direct
Geoff has been in the print industry for 28 years, during which time he has managed catalogue and print production projects for a number of large blue-chip companies, including GUS and Argos Retail Group. In 2006, Geoff was recruited as publishing controller of a new team built to deliver the Tesco Direct catalogue to the market. Geoff’s responsibility within Tesco Direct covers all aspects of procurement and publishing operational management.
Richard Hunt
Production director, Emap Inform
Richard joined Emap in 2004 as group production manager, progressing to head of production and now production director. This year he undertook a supply chain review for the majority of Emap Inform’s titles. Richard has worked in the industry for nearly 20 years, launching his career at Tate & Lyle Sugar before moving into a mix of editorial and production roles for a number of regional magazines and special interest titles for Trinity Mirror.
Jane Hyne
Production manager, National Gallery Company
Jane has been the National Gallery’s production manager for the past eight years and is responsible for pre-press and production for all materials that are sold in the National Gallery’s shop, ranging from exhibition catalogues and postcards, through to retail packaging. Prior to joining the National Gallery, Jane worked at magazine publisher Cornhill Publications and held senior production roles with Thomas Nelson, HarperCollins and Collins and Brown.
Mark Line
Executive chairman, Two Tomorrows
With more than 25 years’ industry experience, Mark is recognised as an expert in strategy, non-financial disclosure, assurance processes and environmental management systems. He is an elected member of the Council of Accountability and a chartered member of the Society for the Environment. In his role at CSR consultancy Two Tomorrows, he has worked with many leading companies in the UK and globally, including Guardian News & Media and Stora Enso.
Andrew Moss
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On leaving the London College of Printing more than 30 years ago, Andrew joined St Ives Group as its first ever management trainee and has since been involved with pre-press, sheetfed and web-offset. He has worked in production, commercial and sales departments, both buying and selling print. Andrew started am:pm three years ago as a consultant helping customers to place the right job on the right press. He says the right shaped dots still excite him.
James Mountain
Senior art director, GyroHSR
James has won numerous awards for his work over the years and is experienced across a broad range of disciplines including design, brand advertising, direct mail, promotional marketing and online work. He has more than 13 years’ experience working in the industry and has been employed by some of the leading agencies in London. He currently works at GyroHSR developing campaigns for a number of blue-chip clients.
Heather O’Connell
Production director, Penguin
Heather is responsible for the production of the Penguin Publishing list, including Penguin Press, Viking, Hamish Hamilton and Puffin Books. She began her career in production at Marvel Comics and since then has held various senior production roles at firms including Mitchell Beazley, Carlton Books and Forward Publishing, where she worked on everything from the Tesco Clubcard magazine to Asprey and Garrard jewellery catalogues.
Matthew Parker
Director, Print & Procurement
Matthew has been buying print for 20 years and has worked in directory, B2B magazine, consumer newsstand magazine and agency environments. Among other roles, he headed up print purchasing at Future Publishing when it was the UK’s 5th largest consumer newsstand publisher. Matthew now runs Print & Procurement, which uses its industry insight to help generate effective, profitable relationships between print manufacturers and companies that need print.
Jo Pitt
Deputy deliverer of the vote (production), House of Commons
Jo is deputy head of the Vote Office, a department of the House of Commons that provides the printing, publishing and distribution services for the House. She has worked in Westminster since 1998, previously as publishing manager/senior print buyer for the Department of Transport. Before moving to the public sector, she was print buyer for Glaxo and production director of a print/design agency.
Robin Ryan
Production director, Dennis Publishing
Robin has worked in the industry for 15 years, 14 of which have been at Dennis, where he heads up all production functions. In his current role, he is responsible for the magazine production, repro, and photography departments and heads up all procurement associated with these areas, including paper, print, domestic and overseas postal cost and supply, repro and delivery.
Tony Smith
Creative consultant
In a career spanning more than 20 years, it is probably easier to list the product categories Tony hasn’t produced work for than those he has. Most recently at Publicis London, he worked across all the agency’s main accounts producing high-profile work for Renault Cars, Cadbury, McVities and P&G. Now a consultant, Tony continues to produce work for mainstream agencies, including M&C Saatchi, BMB and Addiction Worldwide.
Daniel Smith
Partner, Grant Thornton UK
Daniel has wide-ranging experience of corporate finance, investigations, due diligence and advisory work. In the past 10 years, he has led in excess of 65 strategic corporate reviews in the print sector. This work has many aspects to it, but often includes identifying and developing financial restructuring opportunities, supported by a combination of capital raising, disposal of non-core businesses and strategic change.
Peter Stead
Retail print director, Formgraphics Retail
Peter was first introduced to the print industry 15 years ago through his father’s print company, originally pursuing the graphic design elements of the job. However, in the past nine years, Peter has specialised in purchasing print for retailers, including being the group print buyer for Mosaic Fashions, which includes brands such as Oasis and Karen Millen. Four years ago, he set up Formgraphics Retail, buying print on behalf of fashion brands and retailers.
Michael Sturges
Consultant, Innventia Edge
Michael has more than 15 years’ experience of delivering environmental consultancy projects to the packaging, printing and paper supply chains. His experience includes life-cycle assessment studies, eco-label evaluations and environmental best practice. Michael is currently applying his environmental skills to help a number of organisations understand the magnitude and implications of their carbon footprint, especially in the publishing supply chain.
Clare Taylor
Clare Taylor Consulting
Clare is an independent environmental consultant. Her work includes industry research, writing and speaking at seminars, as well as supporting individual companies in their environmental efforts. She also serves on various environmental committees and working groups. Clare has been involved in the printing and publishing industry for more than 30 years and, prior to starting her own consultancy 11 years ago, worked both in agencies and in the corporate world.
Sarah Turner
Production director and junior partner, Carter Wong Design
Sarah joined Carter Wong Design in 2001, becoming a junior partner in 2009.Her recently expanded role covers the running of the studio, overseeing the quality of Carter Wong’s technical output, artwork, photography, repro and print to exacting standards. Before joining Carter Wong, Sarah was production director at The Identica Partnership for seven years and previously worked for Centurion Press as a print buyer and account manager.
Christopher Vickers
Print manager, RSPCA
Christopher has worked in the print industry for more than 20 years in both production and sales positions. He joined the RSPCA 15 years ago as print manager to organise and purchase its printing requirements. His wealth of experience encompasses most of the major print processes, including phototypesetting, DTP, offset lithography, digital and silk screen printing. He is also knowledgable of all aspects of print finishing, including hand bookbinding.
PRINTWEEK JUDGING TEAM
Darryl Danielli
Editor, PrintWeek (and chair of the judges)
Darryl joined PrintWeek in 1997 as editorial assistant, working his way up to editor in 2006.
Jo Francis
Associate editor, PrintWeek
Jo has worked in print for 25 years. A former editor-in-chief of PrintWeek, she rejoined Haymarket in 2008.
Barney Cox
Executive editor, PrintWeek
Barney has more than 10 years' industry experience and contributes regular technology features to PrintWeek.
William Mitting
News editor, PrintWeek
William joined PrintWeek two years ago and specialises in writing about the business of the print industry
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