Charles Ward - Committee Member

Charles Ward has over 40 years in journalism associated with the electrical industry. He began his career with the General Electric Company as an assistant press officer and, after four years, jumped the fence into trade magazines starting his career on the newsdesk of the then weekly publication of Electrical Journal.

In 1970 he was appointed News Editor of Electrical and Radio Trading (ERT Weekly) where he remained until 1981 when the journal moved from London to Sutton. Charles, not wanting to relocate, left ERT and joined the Radio and Television Retailers' Association as its Press and Public relations Officer, and editor of its members' magazine.

n 1983 he left RETRA to start Electrical Retailing Magazine, the industry's monthly magazine published by DMG Business Media. In 1997 DMG purchased ERT Weekly from Reed and Charles Ward was appointed its editor. Until June 2002 he was managing editor of both ERT Weekly and Electrical Retailing Magazine as well as being an organiser of the Electrical Retailing Show.

Charles has been associated with TRIC since the 1970s when TRIC meetings were held at London's Connaught Rooms.

Charles is currently a freelance writer for various trade journals and PR consultant to some electrical industry companies.