Liz Page grew up and lived in England until 1985 when she and her family moved to Basel. She soon became involved with JuKiBu, the Intercultural Children’s Library in Basel, of which she was a founding member. Later she was elected President of the Intercultural Children’s Libraries Association of Switzerland. She joined IBBY as Executive Assistant in 1997, worked as Administrative Director from 2003-2006 and Director of Member Services, Communications and New Projects until March 2009, when she was appointed Executive Director.

liz.page@ibby.org

Forest Zhang was born in Harbin in the Heilongjiang Province of China. Following his studies, he worked for ten years at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the department of Treaty and Law, working with Russia and Hong Kong. From 2001 to 2003 he took on the post of general manager in the international department of W. & W. Globe Tech Corp in charge of foreign relations. In 2003, he became Vice President of Bridging Consulting Co. in Beijing in charge of recruiting foreign teachers for Chinese universities and schools. Through his long-standing friendship with the President of Bridging Consultant Co. Zhang Mingzhou, he became deeply involved in the preparations for the 30th IBBY World Congress. He became the Deputy Secretary General of CBBY in March 2007. He moved to Switzerland and joined the IBBY Secretariat in Basel in September 2007.

forest.zhang@ibby.org