Our Board of Directors is composed of representatives from across the publishing industry.
Julie joined Random House Australia in 2000. She has held various roles in sales, business development and publishing, including the Director of Business Development and the Children’s Division – where she was in charge of publishing, sales, marketing and publicity. Since 2015, Julie has been the Chief Executive Officer of Penguin Random House Australia and New Zealand.
With broad experience in the book industry, Julie started as a bookseller but now has extensive publishing experience establishing and running a number of publishing divisions for Hardie Grant. She is now Group Managing Director of Hardie Grant Publishing, and a Director of The Wheeler Centre, Melbourne's Centre for Books Writing and Ideas. Julie chairs the Industry Advisory Committee for RMIT’s Masters in Writing and Publishing.
A former primary school teacher, Brendan has worked in educational publishing for more than 20 years. Currently the International Business Manager at Cengage Australia, he has been a member of the SEPC since 2014 and is a passionate supporter of the Educational Publishing Awards Australia.
Shirly is a former maths teacher who has a passion for the transformational power of learning. She is a leader in the development of content through innovative digital platforms to solve teaching challenges and improve learning outcomes. As a director of the APA, Shirly has a particular interest in ensuring that the Association is responding to the new challenges facing educational publishers and advocating effectively for their interests.
With over 26 years publishing experience at a senior-level, Jim Demetriou started his career at HarperCollins Australia in 1995 as National Sales Manager before eventually becoming Chief Operating Officer. In 2011 Jim moved to Allen & Unwin as Group Sales & Marketing Director where he developed an enviable industry leading sales and marketing team. In 2020 Jim returned to HarperCollins as CEO to lead the company into its next phase of growth and maintain its position as one Australia’s most dynamic publishers.
Karen’s publishing career has seen her working in various roles at Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press and, now, the Taylor & Francis Group where she is Managing Director, Australasia.
Currently Director at University of Queensland Press, Ben has worked across Educational, academic and trade publishing. As Convenor of the IPC, Ben is an active supporter of Australian independent publishing.
Arend is Director of CSIRO Publishing, and has been working in scholarly and academic publishing across several continents for the past 25 years, with deep experience of digital transformation within STM, academic and trade publishing.
With a long career in both the UK and Australia, Louise has experience in every aspect and every stage of the publishing process for books. Now CEO of Hachette Australia, Louise is a passionate advocate for the trade publishing sector as Convenor of the Trade Publishers Committee, Chair of the Australia Reads Committee and board member of the Indigenous Literacy Foundation.
Cameron is Director - Learning Services Australia K-12 at Pearson. Having worked in the education and publishing industry for over 20 years, he is passionate about creating engaging and effective learning solutions for K-12 students and educators.
Our sectoral committees represent the broad range of the Australian publishing industry, and are currently made up of the following representatives:
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