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Michiel Kolman of Elsevier has been elected vice president of the International Publishers Association, among a number of new appointments during the International Publishers Association’s annual general assembly in Frankfurt.
Joining the IPA executive committee are Brian Wafawarowa of Pearson South Africa and Bodour Al Qasimi of Kalimat Publishing Group.
Trasvin Jittidecharak of Silkworm Books, Riccardo Cavallero of Mondadori and Asoke Ghosh of PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd have all been re-appointed to the EC. Simon Littlewood, formerly international sales director of Random House, is said to be replacing Bloomsbury’s Richard Charkin on the executive committee once Charkin takes up office as IPA president in January 2015.
Paul Doda of Elsevier is the new chair of IPA’s copyright committee, while Ibrahim El Moallem and Ana María Cabanellas have left the executive committee, having completed their terms of office.
IPA president Youngsuk "Y S" Chi thanked Cabanellas and El Moallem particularly for their service, having each worked for IPA over a dozen active years.
He said of Cabanellas: “Ana María has been a powerful speaker for the publishing industry in Latin America. She has led IPA as president and has drawn attention all over the world on the issues of piracy, free circulation of materials and the role of publishing in emerging countries.”
He said El Moallem had “provided wisdom, insight and leadership to IPA particularly by putting the Arab publishing industry on the world map”. He continued: “Through him we have witnessed the struggles of publishers in these times of momentous changes in this region. It has been an honour to serve with a publisher who has risked his life, livelihood and future by standing up for the values of freedom of expression and freedom to publish.”
Chi added: “IPA is deeply indebted to both Ana María and Ibrahim for their tireless efforts and count on their continued engagement with us on the issues that they care so passionately about.”