Glennie succeeds Tribe as PTC chair

After almost 16 years as a trustee, Lis Tribe is stepping down as chair of The Publishing Training Centre (PTC) as Morrisby’s Chris Glennie takes on the role.

She has seen the charity through a period of many changes since joining the board of trustees in July 2007. From 28th April 2022, she will be succeeded by Glennie, c.e.o. at Morrisby, an online careers platform used in secondary schools and colleges. He began his career in publishing at Prentice Hall, a US-based educational publisher, and has held senior roles at Palgrave Macmillan, David Fulton Publishers and Lonsdale Revision Guides.  

Tribe said: “I have been privileged to work with many talented people in my time at the PTC, not least our group of tutors who are committed to providing the highest quality training to new recruits and existing practitioners across the publishing industry. The staff are a hugely dedicated team led ably by Petra Green [head of the PTC] with whom I have enjoyed working enormously, and I am delighted to be handing the charity on in good health to Chris.”  

Glennie commented: “I am very excited to be taking over as PTC chair, and to be working with Petra Green, the rest of the staff team, PTC tutors and other stakeholders to grow and develop this key industry body. The publishing industry is one I have always loved and so am grateful for the opportunity to return in a role that will support others in developing fulfilling careers.” 

The news comes a year after Tribe retired as m.d. of Hodder Education after a decade in the role. She spent the first five years of her career at Routledge as a social sciences commissioning editor, before joining Hodder Education in January 1993 as editor before moving into curriculum publishing. As well as the PTC, she has also held roles as council member of the UK Publishers Association and as member of the executive committee of the International Publishers Association.