Priya Madina

Priya joined Springer Nature in August 2026 as Vice President for Research Ecosystem Initiatives, a new role. Her immediate priority is to take over ownership of three pan-publisher ‘trust’ initiatives: (1) Journal Trust Markers, (2) TRACE (AI provenance and measurement), and (3) Peer review recognition.

Previously, Priya was Vice President for External Affairs and Policy at Taylor & Francis for 7 years where she chaired the open research committee. She has extensive experience in developing and positioning global policies with relevant stakeholders and decision-makers and currently sits on the Publishers Association’s Academic Publishers Council and the policy committee of the Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers (ALPSP).

Before joining the world of publishing, Priya spent ten years at GlaxoSmithKline in a variety of government affairs, policy and market access roles. In her most recent role as Director of Government Affairs, she led the company’s positioning on international intellectual property and global health issues.  She also gained experience in the external affairs function for the International Federation of Pharmaceutical Manufacturers & Associations in Geneva.

Priya’s previous roles include working across a wide range of policy and government affairs functions at the World Health Organization, the European Commission and the UK Government‘s Department of Health. Her global and regional experience includes working in the Philippines, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Belgium and France.

Priya has a Masters in Classics and Modern Languages from Oxford University. She speaks English and French and has good knowledge of Hindi and Spanish.