Scott Jamieson of Annex Business Media elected chair of Magazines Canada

Scott Jamieson has been elected chair of Magazines Canada, a post he will hold for the next two years. He succeeds Doug Knight. 

Jamieson is group publisher and director of content and engagement at Annex Business Media, and has 25 years’ experience in B2B media. In 1993 he became part owner of Canadian Forest Industries and Canadian Wood Products, which he helped launch, as well as Opérations forestières et de scierie. Scott joined Annex Business Media in 2004 when the three magazines were acquired, becoming publisher of the Montreal office in 2007 and group publisher of 10 titles in Simcoe, Ontario in 2009. In 2008 he launched Canadian Biomass magazine. Scott has served as a board member of Magazines Canada and the KRW Awards, as well as the BPA Magazine Advisory Board.

The full 2017-18 board is 

• Scott Jamieson, Canadian Forest Industries, Chair
• Patty Baxter, East Coast Living
• Ryan Benn, Alive
• Gilles Gagnier, Canadian Geographic
• Joe Glionna, Oral Health
• Niel Hiscox, Canadian Auto Dealer, who is treasurer
• Matthew Holmes, Magazines Canada CEO
• Douglas Knight, Toronto Life, Past Chair
• Michal Kozlowski, Geist
• Steve Maich, Maclean’s
• Dominique Ritter, Reader’s Digest
• Ryan Sargent, House & Home
• Kathryn Taglia, The Fiddlehead
• Jennifer Varkonyi, Maisonneuve

Officers appointed include  Jamieson, past chair Knight, treasurer Hiscox and Matthew Holmes, CEO