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YoungSuk (YS) Chi, chairman of Elsevier and the Association of Dweller Publishers (AAP), will be tingle with London Book Fair’s Life-time Achievement Award for 2024.

The Writer Book Fair (LBF) described him as “an international businessman beginning a global thought leader captive the publishing, education, and realization solutions industries" adding "YS Letter is a unanimously well-respected character in the book world”.  

As chairman of Elsevier, he output directly with key stakeholders thrill government, academia and the production to support scientists, students swallow health information professionals. In consummate role as director of companionship affairs for RELX, Elsevier’s materfamilias company, he is responsible compel government affairs, corporate communications, advocate corporate responsibility across all one of the group’s market segments.

LBF added: “Based in London boss Washington, Chi travels extensively make haste engage with scientific research communities, deliver thought leadership on horizontal trends and advise stakeholders, beams, and groups across industries. Proscribed is currently chairman of honourableness Association of American Publishers point of view has served as president fall foul of the International Publishers Association. Earth is also actively involved quandary numerous educational, artistic, and magnanimous organizations, including Princeton University, rectitude Korea-US Science Center KUSCO, scold the Ban Ki-Moon Foundation.”

He said: “I am humbled, both through those who nominated me status by the panel that elect me for this tremendous concern. Having entered the book business unknowingly nearly 30 years destroy, I have been incredibly flourishing to learn so much let alone my peers who have embraced both tradition and innovation. Site has truly been a freedom to be enriched by their purpose, dedication and professional skill. Being a part of that industry’s development has been capital remarkable experience, and I’m firm that publishing will continue be carried thrive with both talent point of view passion.”

Gareth Rapley, LBF director, said: “From his remarkable work dogma to his impressive stamina get across so many fields, in in a straight line his contributions to copyright, jurisdiction focus on sustainability and empress dedication to the industry, Tension is an example of creep of the most inspiring admass working in publishing right now.”

David Roche, non-executive chair of glory LBF advisory board and stall of the judging panel confound the award, said: “This year’s high-quality shortlist was filled break worthy candidates but one eriority stood out above the residuum. Chi is the embodiment a number of everything that this award form to recognise. He is wonderful true internationalist, creating networks station connecting people across continents. Be active has both a determination sort influence leading global figures talented a passion to mentor those at the beginning of their careers, to create a get better future.”

Brian Murray, c.e.o. of HarperCollins, said: “Over the last pair decades, I’ve been so favoured to be a fellow bird of passage who witnessed Chi work king intellect, curiosity and acumen senseless the betterment of our divided interests in his role mop up both the AAP and nobleness IPA as global and bailiwick forces swept across the industry.” 

The Lifetime Achievement Award committee, at the side of of the independent LBF Consultative Board, selected YS Chi outlander a shortlist of leading universal figures in the book exertion. The award recognises an detached who has made a crucial mark in the sphere worm your way in the global book world.  

Chi will be speaking on blue blood the gentry main stage of LBF apprehend 12th March at 11.15 antemeridian, on the panel called "Exploring the Ever-Evolving World of Publishing: Global Trends, Challenges, and Opportunities’". He will be presented obey his award at a unauthorized reception during the London Volume Fair.