Introduction to 2013 CBI Foreign Consultants

Dr Thomas Brinkmann， in his capacity as Chief Financial Officer， is Managing Director of MAIRDUMONT. Since joining then Mair Group in 1992， he has taken a leading position in Mair’s finance department as well as in associated companies.

He became Chief Financial Officer and Managing Director in 1997.

Dr Brinkmann initiated and expanded MairDumont’s business relations in China， strengthening MairDumont’s international ties. His endeavors recently resulted in the foundation of associated company MBG.

Dr Brinkmann holds a diploma in business administration from Münster University and a Ph.D. in governance and economic sciences from Cologne University， which he received while working as auditor in a renowned Düsseldorf company.

Liljana Arsovska

Researcher at The Center for Asian and African Studies of The College of Mexico （The College of Mexico， or El Colegio de México， is a prestigious higher education and research institution for social and human sciences studies）.

Studied Chinese at Beijing Language and Culture University from 1981 to 1985.

Translator for the President of Mexico during his several official visits to China.

Author of Practical Chinese Grammar - the first Chinese grammar book in Spanish-speaking areas， and translator of many masterpieces of contemporary Chinese literature.

George Lossius， after becoming CEO of VISTA International in 2006， led the successful merger between VISTA and Ingenta plc to form Publishing Technology plc， now the largest supplier of software solutions and services to the publishing industry. As CEO of the group he has responsibility for the overall management， growth and investor relations of the company. In just 2 short years， George has already delivered on the post-merger objectives of the business， finishing 2008 as a healthy and profitable business set for further advances in technology， geographic expansion and growth.

Prior to the merger， George had been involved with VISTA for many years， holding executive positions in France， the UK and the US， overseeing the direction and development of various functional areas from operations to business development. During this time he created a business in France， ran the business in the USA and developed an offshore engineering group. George started his career at Unilever， implementing computer systems at manufacturing plants across Britain， and in the mid/late 1990’s he created an electronic sports newsletter.

George participates in multiple publishing industry organizations， is on the Board of Directors for the Book Industry Study Group， London Book Fair and has frequently contributed at industry events covering topics as diverse as supply chain efficiency， offshore business modeling， international expansion using digital publishing forms， and mobile technologies. Since becoming CEO of a listed business， investor and media relations have grown in importance， and George appears regularly in the UK national press covering publishing and general business matters.

In 2011， Publishing Technology set up its Chinese branch in Beijing and helps the Chinese digital content to access the library market through its ingentaconnect platform. It also provides its world leading publishing technology solutions to the Chinese publishing industry.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

February 2007 - Present

CEO at Publishing Technology PLC

April 2006 - February 2007

Group CEO at VISTA International Ltd

July 2003 - March 2006

Managing Director， Applications & Technology at Vista International

June 2000 - July 2003

CEO， North America at VISTA International

June 1998 - June 2000

COO， North America at VISTA International

October 1992 - December 1995

Gerant at VISTA Systemes Informatique （France）

Mandy

Mandy is Publishing Director in the UK for Global Academic Publishing at Oxford University Press. In this role she is responsible for the editorial strategy for the books and journal academic programmes outside of the USA. This includes the digital transition of the books programmes， growth of the journals portfolio， implementation of Open Access， and editorial expansion into new markets such as China.

Mandy has worked at OUP since 1998， initially managing， developing and acquiring medical journals during which time she was responsible for the successful acquisition of the European Heart Journal and the instigation of an online submission and peer review system. She was promoted to Editorial Director for Oxford Journals in 2006 and the Editorial Director for Science and Medicine （books and journals） in 2008. Prior to joining OUP Mandy worked at Elsevier and a medical communications agency.

Mandy has served on a number of publishing industry committees and is now a member of the ALPSP Council and Programme Committee.

Suzanne BeDell

Managing Director Science & Technology Books

Areas of expertise： STM Publishing industry trends， print and electronic delivery.

Suzanne BeDell joined Elsevier as Managing Director， Science & Technology Books in September， 2010. She has been a book publishing and information industry leader for almost 30 years focusing on the intersection of print and electronic delivery for much of her career.

Prior to joining Elsevier， she worked for ProQuest for 9 years， most recently as General Manager of Dialog， LLC， a provider of information services for research-intensive organizations. Before ProQuest， Suzanne was Senior Vice President of Internet Products at Thomson Healthcare， Director of Electronic Product Development for Mosby， Inc. （then a Times-Mirror Company）， and held a variety of positions in McGraw-Hill’s College Division.

Steven Miron

Senior Vice President of Global Research， Wiley

Steven Miron joined Wiley in 1993 as Regional Manager， North East Asia. In 1996 he became Managing Director， Wiley Asia， leading Wiley’s rapid expansion in the region. In 2004， after living in Asia for more than 20 years， Steve returned to the US to become General Manager of Wiley’s global Scientific， Technical and Medical book business， working out of Wiley’s headquarters in Hoboken， New Jersey. In 2007， after Wiley’s acquisition of Blackwell， he became Managing Director of Wiley-Blackwell’s global physical sciences group. In May of 2010 Steven Miron was appointed head of Wiley-Blackwell， Wiley’s global Scientific， Technical and Medical and Scholarly business. Steve was an English instructor at Xiangtan University from 1984 87 and is a fluent Mandarin speaker.

Mercedes Calero Barreal

Master’s Degree in Arts and Master’s Degree in Pedagogy.

Author of multiple Spanish language textbooks well selling in Spain， Latin America and United States.

General Director， Chief Editor and founder of Editorial Laboratorio Educativo （Caracas， Venezuela） .

General Director of Editorial Popular in Madrid， Spain.

Responsible of the publications of more than 60 Chinese titles in the last 8 years.

Toby Eady

Toby Eady is the founder and managing director of a leading independent literary agency based in London. He set up Toby Eady Associates Ltd in 1968 and since then he has used his special knowledge of international cultures， particularly of China， Australasia and the Middle East， to establish one of the most prestigious international literary agencies in the world. Toby Eady handles a select and eclectic list of authors and hand-sells them to publishers across the world.

Toby was born in Cornwall， England， and educated there， in London and at boarding school. He then read History at Wadham College， Oxford. He worked in banking for five years with the Hollander Group， a private partnership with thirty offices all over the world. Then he worked with Len Deighton’s agent， Jonathan Clowes Literary Agent for eighteen months before setting up his own agency in 1968. In the early years he represented Ted Lewis’ GET CARTER， which became a huge cult film with Michael Caine. He then started an independent non-fiction list for Secker， now part of The Random House Group， to come up with strong publishing ideas and to find authors to turn them into books.

Toby began to work with Bernard Cornwell， now the internationally bestselling author of 47 novels in an author-agent-publisher relationship that is perhaps the longest in history. In 1984， Toby Eady sold the idea of WILD SWANS to HarperCollins UK. It took seven years to be created and published and he went on to sell it in 30 languages. The book has sold 10 million copies worldwide and is still selling. It was the publishing phenomenon of the nineties， but meanwhile Toby Eady represented many other successful writers and media personalities including Kuki Gallmann， Francesca Marciano and Sister Wendy Beckett.

Since then， Toby has represented many bestselling Chinese authors， including Xinran， the journalist and author of THE GOOD WOMEN OF CHINA and CHINA WITNESS who he married in 2002. In 2008 he sold Professor Yu Dan’s bestselling book on Confucius in 22 territories around the world.

In over 40 years of working in publishing， Toby has worked with over 120 writers and 500 publishers， selling books into nearly 50 languages. Toby has always urged authors to keep writing in their original language， and works to see them published in as many languages as possible， using and properly remunerating the best translators possible. He says， “In the last 20 years I have worked with Iraqi， Chinese， Arab， Iranian， Israeli， Italian， English， Korean and American authors. I know the time that needs to be spent in helping a non-English author achieve what they can， and I know what it is to fail. Translators are vulnerable they are immensely creative， and not always authors. They gain little praise， but without their excellence good books， important books， would be tone deaf and fail. These are challenges we must meet”.

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

History - Wadham College， Oxford

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Established Toby Eady Associates in 1968.

Chinese writers have included：

Annie Wang （Lili）

Xinran （The Good Women of China， Sky Burial， Miss Chopsticks， China Witness， Message from and Unknown Chinese Mother） Published in 31 languages.

Yu Hua （Diary of a Blood Merchant）

Wei Hui （Shanghai Baby）

Liu Hong （Startling Moon）

Guo Xiaolu （Village of Stone）

Chiew Siah Tei （Little Hut of Leaping Fishes， shortlisted for the AYE Write！ Prize for Scottish Fiction）

Fan Wu （February Flowers）

Diane Wei Liang （The Eye of Jade， Paper Butterfly， Lake with No Name） Has been sold in 24 countries.

Yu Dan （Confucius from the Heart） sold non-Chinese rights into 22 countries of the six million copies Chinese bestseller.

Alison Wong （As the Earth Turns Silver， winner of the 2009 Janet Frame Fiction award and 2010 New Zealand Post Book Award）

Jesús Badenes del Río

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

William E. Simon Graduate School of Business

Administration，University of Rochester， Rochester （New York）

Master in Business Administration （M.B.A.）

Speciality： Finance， Accounting and Marketing

Fulbright “La Caixa” Scholar

Faculty of Economic， Science and Business Barcelona University

Bachelor Degree. Speciality Business Economics （with distinction）

Participant of the E.U.S. Program （Association for the Promotions of Cooperation between Entreprises-University-Society）

A.I.E.S.E.C. member

Languages： Spanish， Catalan， English and French

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

March 1999 to date

Managing Director， Books Division， Planeta Group

September 1997-February 1999

Managing Director， Endesa Energía， S，A.， Endesa Group

June 1990-September 1997

Senior Project Manager， McKinsey & Company， Spain

September1988-December 1988

Bilbao Merchant Bank （B.B.V.）， Barcelona

July1987-October 1987

Oy Ekofinn Ab. Lahti， Finland