James Catford is the group chief executive of the British and Foreign Bible Society of England and Wales. The son of Sir Robin Catford, who was a senior civil servant acting as Secretary for Appointments to both Margaret Thatcher and John Major, James joined Bible Society in 2002 having previously worked in commercial publishing. He is the only person to have been publishing director at both Hodder Headline and HarperCollins. He is a former board/council member of a number of organisations including LICC, University of Gloucestershire Council, Prison Fellowship, Premier Media Group and was chairman of Third Way magazine and J John’s Philo Trust. Currently he is a board member of IVP, vice-chairman of Amity Printing Company in Nanjing and RENOVARÉ US, and chairman of RENOVARÉ Britain and Ireland. He has overseen the merger between Bible Society and Christian Research and the acquisition of Christian Resources Exhibitions Ltd.
James Catford is not due to speak in the coming programme. But we're sure there'll be someone else you'd like instead!
