Leighton Chipperfield

Leighton Chipperfield, Director of Publishing and Income Diversification, Microbiology Society

Leighton Chipperfield joined the Microbiology Society in August 2012. Previously, he spent 13 years at Elsevier in various publishing roles, latterly as Publishing Director, Health Sciences.

His goal is to position the Society as a modern, sustainable self-publishing organisation. In this regard, he has developed a fresh publishing strategy and staff structure, launched two Open Access journals, upgraded operations, and led changes to the journals’ online presence.

He is regularly invited to speak on STM publishing issues to audiences in academia and industry, and to other learned societies.

He sits on the Society for Biology's Research Dissemination Committee, and is studying towards a postgraduate diploma in Voluntary Sector Management.