BAPC Leader Spring 2021

SPRING 2021 — BAPC LEADER 22 The BAPC has been on a great adventure over the last twelve months, seeing it join forces with sister association the IPIA and building on the strong legacy and foundations of former Chairman Sidney Bobb. If you would like to get in touch with any of its Council, please email brendan@bapc.co.uk. Say hello to your BAPC Council 2021 Sidney Bobb, BAPC President Following a career as an executive and director of a London-based on- demand printing company, Sidney joined the print industry in the mid-1980s. Having been involved in purchasing print, he realised the potential of the sector and, despite a lack of print technical knowledge, he was convinced that the sector had vast potential. Sidney heard about the BAPC and convinced his fellow directors to join. He was impressed with what the Association was trying to achieve, but believed that it could do even more. In 1995 the BAPC approached Sidney to join their National Council and become its Chairman; and he never looked back. In 2019 Sidney successfully negotiated a partnership between the BAPC and the IPIA to join forces, complimenting each other with their membership demographics, before passing the baton of Chairman over to his long- time friend and associate Brendan Perring. As President he will now assist in steering the BAPC on its new course. “There is a specialist skill in running a print or creative business and over the years the BAPC has provided a collective wisdom in tackling its challenges. Those involved in the BAPC are industry insiders who understand the kind of help and guidance needed ‘at the coalface’,” says Sidney. Brendan Perring, BAPC Chairman and IPIA General Manager Brendan is a trained journalist and broadcaster, beginning his career on the national broadsheets and tabloids as an investigative journalist before moving into the business-to-business publishing sector. He was Managing Editor of two of the largest print industry and graphic arts trade magazine titles in the UK for nearly ten years ( Print Monthly and SignLink ) and was appointed a Director of Link Publishing, which owns them, in 2015. In 2014 he came up with the idea for a new national print exhibition dedicated to the commercial print industry – The Print Show – before heading up the team that founded and ran the show from 2015 to 2018. Brendan became General Manager of the Independent Print Industries Association (IPIA) in 2019 and Chairman of the British Association for Print and Communication (BAPC) in 2020. Brendan was appointed as the sole Director of the BAPC in 2020 and is passionate about ensuring its growth. Charles Rogers, Portland Media Managing Director, IPIA Vice Chair and BAPC Subcommittee Chairman Charles has 44 years industry experience, the vast majority spent hands on working directly with clients providing services for design, pre-press, digital print, IT services and print management. Starting as an apprentice hand- planner in 1977 rising to Director level in one of Londons elite pre- press companies was the foundation for a long carear running his own businesses. Charles has a comprehensive understanding of the full print industry supply chain having dealt with a large variety of UK economic sectors. Charles served as a Council Member of the IPIA until being elected Vice Chairman in 2019, leading to his appointment as Chairman of the BAPC Subcommittee within the IPIA in 2020, when he was also appointed Company Secretary of the BAPC. He is now part of the close- knit team dedicated to building the Association’s relevance and ensuring it delivers value to its members.