Graham Veere Sherren (born December 1937) is a British publisher, the founder and former CEO of

Centaur Media Centaur Media () is a London-based business information, events and marketing provider to professional and commercial markets. It currently operates through two segments: Xeim (marketing and communications), and The Lawyer. It was formed in 1981 ...

Career

Sherren started his career in

business-to-business Business-to-business (B2B or, in some countries, BtoB) refers to trade and commercial activity where a business sees other businesses as its customer base. This typically occurs when: * A business sources materials for its production process for ...

publishing companies in 1964 with Product Journal Limited. Sherren was the CEO of Morgan Grampian PLC until 1981. Sherren founded Centaur Media in 1981, and was its CEO until 2006, and its chairman until 2009. Sherren and Centaur Media were responsible for many of the most successful British controlled free circulation B2B titles, ''

the Lawyer ''The Lawyer'' is a legal business information product for law firm leaders, commercial lawyers, barristers A barrister is a type of lawyer in common law jurisdiction (area), jurisdictions. Barristers mostly specialise in courtroom advoc ...

'', '' the Engineer'', ''Employee Benefits'', ''

Design Week ''Design Week'' is a UK-based website, and formerly a weekly magazine, for the design industry. It was first published in October 1986 by Centaur Communications. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations primary circulation for 2007 was 8 ...

'', ''

Money Marketing ''Money Marketing'' is a monthly magazine for financial intermediaries in the United Kingdom. The magazine was established in 1985 and is owned by Metropolis Group. The editor is Tom Browne and the current editorial team consists of Dan Cooper as ...

'', ''

Marketing Week ''Marketing Week'' is a website focused on the marketing industry, based in London, that grew out of what was a weekly, and latterly monthly, print magazine. History and profile ''Marketing Week'' was launched in March 1978. Its co-founders were ...

'', ''

Creative Review ''Creative Review'' is a bimonthly print magazine and website. The magazine focuses on commercial creativity, covering design, advertising, photography, branding, digital products, film, and gaming. The magazine is published bimonthly in print an ...

'', and ''

New Media Age ''New Media Age'' (''NMA'') was a weekly news magazine A magazine is a periodical literature, periodical publication, print or digital, produced on a regular schedule, that contains any of a variety of subject-oriented textual and visual co ...

''. Sherren floated Centaur in 2004, when it had 24 magazines and ran 20 exhibitions and 100 conferences. Sherren is, or has been, a director of Abacus Software, General Cigar Holdings, Duplo International, Stace-Barr, Gieves Group, Hundred Acre Securities, InType,

Gieves & Hawkes Gieves & Hawkes () is a bespoke men's tailor and menswear retailer located at 1 Savile Row in London, England. The business was founded in 1771. It was acquired in 2012 by the Hong Kong conglomerate Trinity Ltd., which was in turn purchased by ...

, and Culbro Corporation.

References

1937 births Living people British company founders {{UK-business-bio-1930s-stub