Dr Michael A. Chamberlain
July 2007
Dr Michael A Chamberlain
Job title and specialty:
Chairman BMJ Publishing Group Ltd.
Current positions held on BMA committees:
Council
Current positions held on other bodies:
Member and Immediate Past Chairman BNF Management Board
Trustee MedFASH (since 2006)
Previous positions held within the BMA and on other bodies:
As above
Areas of special interest:
Communications (expecially New Media)
Economics
Publishing
Dr Chamberlain, aged 59, joined the BMJPG as part-time Chairman from August 1, 2004. From January 2001 to July 2004, he was head of IBM Consultancy Services for Media & Entertainment in Europe, Middle East and Africa. He was also on the board of the steering committee for IBM's client initiatives in e-Learning in EMEA.
Before joining IBM, he was Head of Media Worldwide for Arthur D Little and one of the global leaders of its telecommunications and media practice. He was also founder Editor/Publisher of Marketing Week magazine in the UK and Managing Director of Centaur Business Publishing. He has a Ph.D. in Communications (Florida State University, 1993) and Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Economics and Social Studies (University of Manchester, England, 1972 and 1975).