Tony Bocquet

Antoine (Tony) Bocquet is Vice President Institutional Sales, Japan, Southeast Asia and Oceania for Springer Nature, based in Tokyo, and has over 20 years’ experience in the academic publishing industry in the Asia-Pacific. He also holds the position of Director, Nature Research Group, Japan, Korea and Southeast Asia, and is Managing Director of the Springer Nature companies in Japan. Tony joined Nature Publishing Group, now part of Springer Nature, in 2001 as Asia-Pacific Publisher. He assumed the position of Vice President Institutional Sales in September 2015 after the creation of Springer Nature. He is responsible for all Institutional sales in the regions of Japan, South East Asia and Oceania, as well as the commercial operations of the Nature Research Group in Japan, Korea and South East Asia, including NPG’s advertising, sponsorship and custom publishing businesses. He also serves on the Board of Macmillan Language House, Springer Nature’s education business in Japan. Prior to joining Springer Nature, Tony was Managing Editor for Wiley in Tokyo between 1998-2001. An Australian by birth, Tony holds a Ph.D. from the University of Tokyo (Physics) and is a graduate of Griffith University in Brisbane. He has lived permanently in Japan since 1994.