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David Leach, CEO and founder of Sydney’s Look Print, is stepping up to the position of board president with the PIAA, after Susan Heaney’s departure last year.
Leach has a history of pitching in with industry associations; the CEO and founder of Look Print was elected to the PIAA board in 2013, was Graphic Arts Services Australia (GASA) president, a Graphic Arts Services Association (GASAA) board member from 2009 and its president in 2011 to 2012.
David Leach, CEO of Look Print and incoming board president of the PIAA
He says he believes in a strong future for print in communications, in all its forms – though different from the past. He says, “This is a time for change in which we must all learn, accept the challenges, be innovative and grasp the opportunities of the change that we all know must happen.
“Life is not about waiting for the rain to pass – it’s about learning to dance in the rain. The digital revolution has brought tsunami like changes to the lives of everyone and all industries be they services, travel, entertainment, manufacturing, mining, education, health, communications, music.”
Leach may have big shoes to fill; Heaney, who was the board’s inaugural president from 2011, oversaw the association’s restructure with a new Board structure, strategy and staff realignments. She continues to serve on the board as deputy president.
The new-look 2014 PIAA board, l to r: Graham Jamieson, David Leach, Kieran May, Susan Heaney, Peter Lane OAM, Chris Segaert, Robert Yeates, Stephen Edwards and Ross Black
Also joining the board this year is Stephen Edwards, CEO of Snap, following the retirement of Paul Richardson of the Lindsay Yates Group.
Leach says the PIAA will this year implement an industry transformation plan for its members and the broader industry, to make changes needed to survive and thrive; he says, “I am excited and motivated about being a part of this transition and in being able to lead Printing Industries to create a new look industry by helping and encouraging dynamic sustainable firms.”
The PIAA recently announced a record $11m of government funding for its Future Print programme to help smaller print businesses transform from ink on paper merchants to communications providers.
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