Sjoukje joined the committee in 2019 as organiser of the 2020 conference at the Open University, which has now been postponed until 2022. Sjoukje has worked in a wide variety of environments including education, law and governmental.

Anne started as Treasurer for the Business Librarians Association in 2017, having previously been Treasurer for the CILIP in the Thames Valley. She studied for a BA in History from Oxford Brookes University and gained an MSc in Information and Library Studies from the University of Aberystwyth in 2015. Anne has worked in various libraries since the age of 16, including the Special Collections Department at the University of Oxford before moving to work as an Academic Liaison Librarian at the University of Bedfordshire in 2016. As this is her first post as a subject librarian, Anne is enjoying learning the intricacies of business librarianship and continues to do so with the support of the BLA.

As BLA Treasurer, Anne is responsible for the financial management of the association. She arranges the subscription invoices and payments for members, manages the invoices and finances for the annual conference and training events, and prepares the accounts for the association members to ensure transparency.

In her spare time, Anne tries to get out running (or shuffling) as much as possible, and recently completed her first 5k. She also enjoys knitting, trying as much craft ale as possible, and is currently writing her first novel.

Andrew is an Academic Librarian at the University of Leicester. He supports several social science and humanities departments including the School of Business.

As membership secretary, Andrew can sign up new members to the BLA and its email list, LIS-Business.

A former language teacher, he retains an avid interest in language and languages, is a member of a French group which meets for conversation practice and is currently learning Dutch.

As a Liaison Librarian at the University of Liverpool, Nicola works with students and academics in the Management School.

Nicola became the Supplier Liaison Officer for the BLA in July 2020. The role involves building relationships and partnership working between business information suppliers and publishers and the BLA community. Suppliers and publishers are welcome sponsors of the BLA annual conference and offer occasional BLA discounts. Nicola liaises with them and with JISC representing the collective views of BLA members.

Anastasia has been a Learning and Teaching Librarian for over ten years with Sheffield Hallam University and has prior experience serving in special libraries as a business librarian in companies, government and the charity sector. Anastasia is also an experienced charity leader and manager and has developed a parallel career in the voluntary sector.

As BLA Secretary, Anastasia supports the committee arranging meetings, taking minutes and overseeing the committee’s data protection responsibility.

She enjoys travelling, going to the gym and watching documentaries.

Sarah is Subject Librarian for Economics, Finance and Management at the University of Bristol. Even though she is relatively new to the subject area, having started her post at Bristol in October 2017, Sarah has extensive experience as a Subject Librarian in a range of academic disciplines.

As Staff Development Officer, Sarah arranges training and development opportunities for BLA members. Sarah is always keen to hear from members about training areas that they would like to see included.

As the Marketing and Communications Officer, Emilia manages the BLA social media account, creates promotional content to raise the profile of the association, and keeps members up to date with on-going initiatives throughout the year. 

With past and current experience in running institutional social media profiles, Emilia is perfectly suited to this role.

Jennifer is the Academic Librarian for Leeds Business School at Leeds Beckett University. Her special interests are technology enhanced learning and supporting distance learners.

As BLA Web Officer Jennifer keeps the website running, and is looking forward to developing the site in the coming year.

In her spare time Jennifer writes poetry, travels in her campervan and enjoys knitting. She is on the steering group and volunteers occasional Saturdays to help keep her local library open.