Michael Healy

Executive Director

Book Industry Study Group, Inc.

Michael Healy is Executive Director of the Book Industry Study Group, Inc. (BISG). Based in New York, BISG was formed thirty years ago with a mission to help develop a more informed, empowered and efficient book industry supply chain.

Michael has been involved extensively in the development and management of standards for the book industry and has worked in the book industry since 1983. Before taking up his current role at BISG he was for seven years Editorial Director of Nielsen Book Services, one of the world's leading providers of information, transaction and market-measurement services to the book trade.

He has chaired the international committee that revised the International Standard Book Number (ISBN) standard and is a member of the ONIX International Steering Committee and the ISO committee developing the International Standard Name Identifier (ISNI).