Andrew Maiden

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Andrew is CbI's senior copy editor and liaison for contract publishing and other commissioned editorial projects. He has a leading role in ECGD's Global Exporter, the Berne Union Yearbook and other publications for which CbI provides its reporting and editorial expertise.

For the past 17 years Andrew - who has a degree in Politics and French - has occupied senior positions within various small and medium-sized magazine publishing companies. He has experience of virtually all tasks within the process of print and virtual communication: from initiating ideas, news and feature writing, commissioning editorial, sub-editing, proofreading, passing page proofs, and copywriting for PR, marketing and advertising. Subject areas of magazines under his supervision have covered: pharmaceuticals, defence, securities, international finance, automotive, broadcasting, voluntary organisations, party, various sports, food and drink, and diverse contract titles.

In addition to his work for CbI, Andrew edits the monthly newsletter Practical Funding for Schools and the bi-monthly magazine Association Manager; he also provides copywriting for clients as diverse as Unison and the Halloween Association. He is one of the judges for the annual Trade Association awards, organised by the Trade Association Forum, and has also presented seminars to trade associations on how to build effective working relationships with the press.