Quantum² : Quantum² Team : Liz Blankson-Hemans

Liz Blankson-Hemans

Liz Blankson-Hemans is Director – International, Information Professional Development, at Thomson Scientific. She manages the deployment of the Quantum² Leadership Development Programme for information professionals in Europe and Asia Pacific; the Thomson Scientific Customer Advisory Board for the International region, and the Graduate Education Programme outside North America. She also coordinates the company’s interactions with professional groups such as CILIP, CiG and the Special Libraries Association (SLA) in Europe and in Australia/New Zealand. She was president of SLA Europe in 2004-2005, and a member of the SLA Nominating Committee from 2005-2007. In addition, she regularly presents papers at a number of industry conferences.

Liz has more than 15 years experience in the information industry. Prior to Dialog and Thomson Scientific, she was at Clifford Chance, the international law firm, managing the Central Information Services responsible for providing a wide range of resources and services, including vendor supply relationships and contract negotiation, research and reference services as well as resource and systems management.

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