UBM plc Appoints Adrian Barrick as Chief Content Officer

UBM plc Appoints Adrian Barrick as Chief Content Officer PR Newswire LONDON, November 29, 2012 LONDON, November 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- - With photo UBM plc today announces that it has appointed Adrian Barrick as UBM's Chief Content Officer. In this new role Adrian will work across UBM to develop a robust and compelling content strategy to support UBM's commercial and professional community-focused business development. Adrian will take up his role with immediate effect, reporting to UBM's CEO David Levin. http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121129/579821-a http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121129/579821-b Over the course of the last two decades Adrian has built an unparalleled professional track record as a journalist, a publisher and as a media business leader. Adrian joined UBM in 1991 and was appointed editor of Building magazine, one of the UK's oldest professional titles, in 1996, having already established himself as an award-winning business news reporter and feature writer specialising in the built environment. Under his leadership, Building won the PPA's coveted Magazine of the Year three times in five years and Adrian himself won four Editor of the Year trophies. As editorial director for UBM's Builder product group, Adrian launched a graduate training scheme whose alumni include two award-winning business title editors and several current national newspaper journalists.