James Middlehurst

JAMES MIDDLEHURST has been Chief Executive Officer of Dorling Kindersley
since 1998. From 1993-1998, he was Managing Director of Britannia Music
(Polygram), where he created three new successful businesses, Continuity
Video; Ireland Club and Britannia Gold – Easy Listening Club. He
rescued the Brit Awards and Gramophone Awards, now the largest and most
successful awards shows in Pop and Classical music. In 1989, he joined
Allied Irish Banks as Head of Marketing, after having spent two years as
Retail Marketing Director of Magnet Plc. From 1981 to 1987, he was head
of UK Operations at Time Life Books. Mr Middlehurst started his career
as a Sales and Marketing Trainee at Proctor & Gamble. He is married and
lives in the UK with his family. His interests are his family, golf,
tennis, reading and chess.