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 ...

. Sherren started his career in

business-to-business Business-to-business (B2B or, in some countries, BtoB) is a situation where one business makes a commercial transaction with another. This typically occurs when: * A business is sourcing materials for their production process for output (e.g., a ...

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 2010. 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 and in-house counsel. It is based in London. History and profile ''The Lawyer'' was launched in 1987 by Centaur Media plc. It publ ...

'', '' the Engineer'', ''

Employee Benefits Employee benefits and (especially in British English) benefits in kind (also called fringe benefits, perquisites, or perks) include various types of non-wage compensation provided to employees in addition to their normal wages or salaries. Inst ...

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Design Week ''Design Week'' is a UK-based website, formerly a 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 8,074. In 2011, ...

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Money Marketing Money Marketing' is a monthly magazine for financial intermediaries in the United Kingdom. The team of journalists work across print publication and online to deliver a combination of breaking news, analysis, opinion, podcasts and videos to their ...

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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 ...

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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 and ...

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New Media Age ''New Media Age'' (''NMA'') was a weekly news magazine, covering business is use of interactive media in the UK is now ''Econsultancy''. New Media Age is owned by Centaur Media plc. It was launched as a newsletter in May 1995 under editor Phil D ...

''. 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.

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