After an extensive search, SIIA selected Patrick Angell, formerly with NLA Media Access, as Executive Director to lead IIN effective March 2014. Patrick is a well-recognised leader in the media and information services industry and has over the past fifteen years held senior management positions in leading organizations in the sector, such as EMAP (now Top Right Group) and Wolters Kluwer. IIN has been operating since the spring of 2013, and has held monthly issue briefs and staged the Digital Content & Media Summit in London under the leadership of Carolyn Morgan, founder of the Specialist Media Show.
“The media, publishing and information industry is undergoing the most complete transformation in a century,” said SIIA President Ken Wasch, “We’ve launched IIN to support the industry in Europe with conferences, research reports, networking forums, and opportunities for private equity capital. This is the first effort that will closely tie the media industry in Europe to the broad industry in the US and elsewhere.”
IIN will hold its second major conference, The Digital Media Innovation Conference, on April 7-8, 2014, at One Wimpole Street in London.
“A plethora of business models have emerged within the information industry as publishers, data and intelligence providers navigate the changing digital landscape,” said Angell. “I am delighted to be joining SIIA in these transitional times, and look forward to leading the IIN by providing support, knowledge-sharing, best practices and international connections for European-based media businesses.”
Patrick will be supported by Carolyn Morgan and the IIN Advisory Board which includes:
* Julian Turner, CEO Electric Word, Chairperson
* Simon Collin, Content Director, Lexis Nexis
* Jeremy Phillips, COO, StrategyEye
* Greg Kilminster, Divisional Director, Euromoney
* Andrew Leighton, Director of Product Development, AROQ
* Julie Carroll-Davies, VP Global Content Alliances, Proquest
* Victoria Mellor, CEO, Melcrum
* Helmut Graf, CEO, VNR Business Media
* Rob Grainger, CEO, Stonewash
* Barak Ronan, Director Content Sales & Strategy, Dow Jones
* Parry Malm, Account Director, Adestra
* Carola York, MD, Jellyfish Publishing
* Denzil Rankine, CEO, AMR International
* Nicolas Bombourg, Founder, Reportlinker
* Adrian Carr, VP, EMEA, MarkLogic
* Michael Ellis, UK Manager, Newstex
* Seetharaman Krishnamoorthy, Head, Information Services, Tata Consulting Services
* Ken Wasch, President, SIIA
About SIIA
SIIA says: “SIIA is the leading association representing the software and digital content industries. SIIA represents approximately 800 member companies worldwide that develop software and digital information content. SIIA provides global services in government relations, business development, corporate education and intellectual property protection to the leading companies that are setting the pace for the digital age.”
