21 February 2024
(Excerpt from The Bookseller £)
YoungSuk (YS) Chi, chairman of Elsevier and the Association of American Publishers (AAP), will be presented with London Book Fair’s Lifetime Achievement Award for 2024.
The London Book Fair (LBF) described him as “an international businessman and a global thought leader in the publishing, education, and information solutions industries" adding "YS Chi is a unanimously well-respected figure in the book world”.
As chairman of Elsevier, he works directly with key stakeholders in government, academia and the industry to support scientists, students and health information professionals. In his role as director of corporate affairs for RELX, Elsevier’s parent company, he is responsible for government affairs, corporate communications, and corporate responsibility across all four of the group’s market segments.