Tim Addington new boss of Publishers Australia

Addington, left, moderates a magazines session at Mumbrella360 earlier this month

Former B&T editor Tim Addington has today been announced as the new executive director of industry trade body Publishers Australia.

Addington has been communications director at creative agency The Works for the last two years. Prior to that he spent six years with B&T, initially as managing editor, then as editor and associate publisher.

Before coming to Australia he edited media and marketing title Campaign Middle East in Dubai, where he also did a stint working in PR. He began his career in the UK where he worked for national newspapers.