John Pearson

Nella Veldran

Publisher, Chemical Engineering
nveldran@che.com

Stephen Harriman

Lyn Tattum

John Rockwell

Vice President of Audience Development
jrockwell@accessintel.com

John Pearson

President and Chief Executive Officer

John Pearson graduated with BSc (1st Class Honors), and Associateship of the Royal College of Science from Imperial College of Science and Technology, University of London. He has worked in scientific communications all 27 years of his working life.

Pearson joined Access Intelligence in early 2004 as CEO of the newly acquired SRI Consulting division of the company which specializes in chemical business information. His aim is to make SRI Consulting's research and analysis an indispensable part of the life of every executive in the chemicals industry.

Prior to that the lion's share of his career was spent at Miller Freeman, Inc., the San Francisco media group. There, he rose to be Executive Vice President responsible for a USD100+ million international portfolio of magazines, tradeshows, news, forecasting and educational products for the forest products, packaging, electronics and healthcare businesses. He was also responsible in the period 1998-2000 for two strategic acquisitions worth a combined USD120 million.

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Lyn Tattum

Group Vice President and
Publisher, Chemical Week

Lyn Tattum is Publisher and Group Vice President of Chemical Week. She has a degree in Politics and Economics from the University of Manchester, UK, and after graduating in 1977, studied briefly at the Sorbonne, Paris.

She spent ten years in an editorial position with UK publishing group, Reed International, before joining the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), in Vienna for a spell in 1988.

In 1989 she joined Chemical Week, and set up an international office in London, growing the magazine, events, and related businesses worldwide. Since 2003, she has been Publisher of Chemical Week and continues to seek growth opportunities for the brand, particularly through the new medium of the internet.

One of the best-known figures in the global chemical industry, Lyn travels extensively, and is a regular panelist, speaker and moderator at international events.

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Nella Veldran

Publisher, Chemical Engineering

Nella Veldran has been focused on business to business media, conferences and e-media for more than 19 years. Nella joined Chemical Engineering in 2001 as Global Sales Manager, and was quickly promoted to Publisher in 2002. Prior to joining Access Intelligence, Veldran worked for Reed Elsevier. She has also held senior positions with online media company, Look Smart, LLC, and with Canon Communications.

Nella earned a Bachelors Degree in Communications & English with a minor in Journalism from Montclair State University, and has completed some post-graduate work at Seton Hall University. She is currently the Vice President of CESEA (Chemical Equipment Sales & Engineering Association) and a member of the Publisher's Committee of American Business Media in New York City. She has also spoken extensively at ABM and Folio: panels and conferences.

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Stephen Harriman

Managing Director, Harriman Chemsult

As Founder and Managing Director of Harriman Chemsult, Stephen Harriman has editorial responsibility for the company's Chlor-Alkali and Vinyl Chloride monthly reports and specializes in the caustic soda, EDC, VCM and PVC markets. Stephen joined Access Intelligence at the start of 2005, when AI acquired Harriman Chemsult Ltd, the company he established in 1985. Prior to that, Stephen had 10 years of experience in chemical market research with British Sulphur Corporation, the Commodities Research Unit and Tecnon, UK. Stephen is a graduate of Reading and Leeds Universities, UK.

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John Rockwell

Vice President of Audience Development

John and his team are responsible for all online and offline subscription sales, audience development, search engine marketing and database enhancement for Chemical Business Media’s various brands and products. Previously, John was Group Director of Audience Marketing at Prism Business Media and Vice President-Operations at Paperloop, Inc.

John is a frequent speaker at the Folio:Show, The Circulation Management Show as well as American Business Medias’ events and conferences. He is a past member of the BPA Circulation Manager’s Advisory Committee and a member of the board of the Western Fulfillment Management Association.

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