The BPIF has appointed Charles Jarrold, who has been involved in the print and media sector since the early 1990s, as CEO effective from 5 January 2015.
Qualifying as an accountant with Ernst and Young, he worked in the publishing sector in London for 10 years, moving to Norwich in 1998 to join the print division of family owned Jarrold and Sons Ltd, where his roles included print division finance director, operations director and managing director, before the sale of the division to a management buy-in team.
Mr Jarrold was approached to run Poole based Southernprint, then the commercial print business of newspaper group Newsquest. During his five year stay, the business came to be regarded as one of the most customer focused printers in its sector, and he remains proud of the engagement of the workforce in the business that he and his team helped enable.
More recently, Mr Jarrold worked for St Ives plc as divisional managing director of their web offset division, prior to its sale, and he has concentrated on developing his skills and experience in online and e-commerce, particularly concentrating on the intersection of online and print. These experiences have enabled him to develop an excellent understanding of both print and digital, and a belief that these will continue to present both opportunities and challenges to the print sector.
Mr Jarrold said, ‘I’m delighted to be appointed to this role, and am looking forward to working with the BPIF Board, members and staff. As an organisation, the BPIF has been through a period of significant development led by Kathy, and is now in a great position to assist its members in adapting to the changes in the sector. My immediate priority is to meet the team at the BPIF, and as many members as possible, in order to ensure that we continue to develop the BPIF in a manner that reflects their requirements.’
Another change comes as Gerald White, CEO Berforts Group has been appointed as BPIF president after Tony Garnish, chief executive, ASG Europe, and previous president recently stepped down.
Gerald White has been involved in the printing industry since 1992 running SME companies in the commercial, direct mail, book and journal sectors. He previously trained as an accountant but left the profession to further his career in the manufacturing sector and was the Financial Director of a PLC defence company based in Suffolk before settling on a career in the printing sector.
