The new Chair is Dickon Ross, Editor-in-Chief of Engineering & Technology (E&T), a magazine for professional engineers published by the Institution of Engineering & Technology and circulated to around 140,000 members. The election by the BSME committee marks the first time the Chair is an editor in the business and professional magazine sector since the editor of Autocar was Chairman for 1981. The Chair is usually taken from the consumer magazine sector, say the society.
"I am honoured to be elected Chair of such a prestigious organisation and to take over from Sally's hard work this year," said Ross. I am particularly proud that I am the first B2B editor for such a long time to hold the post and this year I want to attract more members from B2B magazines."
Dickon Ross has been a science and technology journalist for over 25 years in both consumer and trade magazines, ranging from the weekly Electronics Times to Focus magazine (now BBC Focus). He joined the IET in 2002, where he launched the Flipside magazine for young teenagers, which ran for nearly ten years up to 2014 and in that time was enjoyed by millions. He became Editor-in-Chief for the IET's magazines in 2004. In 2008 he won BSME Editor of the Year (Business and Professional) for E&T and again in 2011, as well as 2011 Editor of the Year (Youth magazines) for Flipside.
The BSME is a UK society for the most prestigious magazine and website editors and its two annual awards ceremonies are important dates for editors across the UK.
BSME members include the editors of some of the world's biggest consumer and business titles, from Cosmopolitan and Stylist to Men's Health and GQ. Since its creation, the BSME has been an authoritative voice of the publishing industry, working side by side with its members.
