Ian Borthwick

Ian is Head of Publishing at BCS Learning and Development Ltd, part of BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, where he runs the books and journals programmes as well as supporting professional learning and educational resources and bespoke organisational outputs. He has nearly 20 years’ experience in STM publishing, having worked at BCS since 2016, and previously at the Institution of Engineering and Technology (2011-2016), Woodhead Publishing (2006-2011) and IWA Publishing (2003-2006).

Ian served as the Under-35 STM Board Member from 2008 to 2014, and as Co-Chair of the STM Early Career Publishers (ECP) Committee from 2014 to 2016, and has been a Mentor for the STM Mentoring Scheme since 2017. Ian is also co-editor of a book on Academic and Professional Publishing (ISBN: 978-1843346692, Chandos Publishing, 2012).