Alan Chalmers exits after five years
Pam Barker has joined Harpers as MD (designate) replacing Alan Chalmers who leaves the company at the end of March after five years. Barker has over 20 years' experience of B2B magazine publishing and was most recently a director of The Builder Group with specific publishing responsibility for Building, RIBA Journal, World Architecture, Building Homes and Construction Manager. Prior to this she was with United Business Media, having started her career at Reed Elsevier in 1979. "I have joined Harpers at an exciting time," she said. "Alan has built a great team and a sound portfolio of both established and new publications. I look forward to meeting readers and advertisers at the many exhibitions and events in the next few months."