Philip Andersen set to retire

 Printing Industries CEO calls it a day after 19 years at the helm of the peak industry body.

Andersen (pictured) has not set a firm date for his retirement and will work with the Board until a suitable replacement is appointed. Although retiring from full-time employment, he will continue to represent Printing Industries in a number of projects including as a Director of Media Super and the Chairman of its Investment sub-committee.
 
“Being the head of an organisation that has gone through its own significant changes over several years, come through the Global Financial Crisis and completed a major organisational restructure have been challenging as well as rewarding,” he said.
 
“There may also be scope to continue utilising my industry experience in a number of other areas and I will be considering this down the track.”
 
Printing Industries board chairperson and president, Susan Heaney, said Andersen would be missed on many levels, not the least of which will be for his insight and industry experience.
 
“Philip has played a major role in helping to take Printing Industries along a very difficult path in terms of its financial management and strategic repositioning. His work has helped us to turn the corner and we will always be grateful for this commitment, loyalty and effort,” she said.
 
Andersen became CEO in 2005. He joined Printing Industries in 1992 as National Director after holding the position of Deputy Director and Chief Economist with the Chamber of Manufactures of New South Wales. He previously headed the association's Policy Department and was responsible for developing and managing industry policy, government lobbying, commercial services and trade development.
 
He is a director of Innovation Business Skills Australia, the Skills Council that covers the printing industry. Andersen was a driving force in the development of the industry’s Print21 initiative in 1999. More recently he was appointed to the Book Industry Strategy Group, which has the responsibility of developing a strategy for the book industry to respond to the digital revolution impacting the industry.
 
The Board will now commence an extensive recruitment campaign to secure a suitable replacement.