Dr Nicholas Smith, PhD Biochemistry/Endocrinology, worked for several years as a senior medical writer at the international communications company Medicus International before joining the Edanz Group in 2008. Prior to that, Dr Smith was a Research Assistant at the Queen Mary, University of London’s Institute of Cellular and Molecular Sciences where he focused on the biochemistry of diabetes and related metabolic disorders and performed his PhD research. He has also been a Research Fellow at the London Sport Institute.

Dr Daniel McGowan, PhD Molecular Neuroscience, was an Associate Editor of Nature Reviews Neuroscience, responsible for commissioning, managing and writing journal content, before joining the Edanz Group in 2006. Prior to working in the publishing industry, Dr McGowan was a Senior Scientist at the University of Cambridge, UK and a Marie Curie Research Fellow at the Babraham Institute, also in Cambridge. He has more than ten years of post-doctoral and post-graduate laboratory experience in the areas of neurodegenerative diseases, molecular and cellular biology, protein biochemistry, proteomics and genomics.

Kerry Greer is Edanz Group President and Japan Director. He is the founder of Edanz Editing and Liwen Bianji. Mr Greer has 15 years of experience working with non-native authors to have their manuscripts published in high impact factor journals, and has edited over 8000 manuscripts authored by Japanese scientists. Mr Greer is one of the leading innovators in Japan's editing industry. In 1995 he transformed editing services in Japan by reducing the then one week standard service to just three days, and by eliminating the "Japan Premium" fees then charged by Japan based editing companies. Under Mr Greer's leadership, Edanz Editing was also the first language services company in Japan to use the internet as a communications tool to provide online services to the academic community. Mr Greer is CEO of the Edanz Group and oversees the day-to-day management of the Fukuoka, Japan, office.

Benjamin Shaw is Edanz's China Director. Mr Shaw, has been with Edanz for over two years and during that time has overseen the growth of Liwen Bianji in China. In addition to managing the general operations of Edanz in China, Mr Shaw is responsible for building the Edanz Group's relationships with China's main academic organizations, journals, and publishers. As a speaker of Chinese, Mr Shaw is able to communicate the Groups goals and services to our local clients.

Richard Parris is Edanz's Systems Director, overseeing IT systems for both Japan and China. Mr. Parris is based in the Beijing office and brings a broad range of experience to the Edanz Group, including data security and IP protection, knowledge management, web and application development, networks, infrastructure, and needs and risk analysis. His technical expertise is integral to the innovative methods Edanz uses to deliver value to its clients.

Kyoko Tonomura is Edanz's Financial Director. She is based in the Fukuoka, Japan office and brings to the Edanz Group a background of strict financial control. Her work has made possible the expansion into China and the new writing service.

Ma Jingyun, the Edanz Group China consultant, brings a 30 year background of the development of English writing and grants management programs for academics in China. Ms Ma acts as liaison between Liwen Bianji and the medical and health science community, as well as with Chinese universities and publishers.

Chad Walker, now our Executive Editor in Seoul, was the initial China Director when Liwen Bianji opened in China in 2006. Mr Walker is an expert linguist, a fluent speaker and writer in Japanese, Korean and Chinese (as well as his native English). He now oversees training of all new editors and is responsible for editing quality across the entire Edanz Group.

Critical to the success of the Edanz Group are its Fukuoka and Beijing office staff. All Edanz Group staff are fluent in English as well as their native languages. Other languages spoken by the Edanz Group staff include French, German, Italian, Korean, Spanish and Swahili. In the Fukuoka, Japan, office we have Chigusa Higashi, Ritsuko McHugh, Shuko Shinonaga and Atsuko Takanabe who are our customer relations and support staff, Ryoko Nakamura who is in charge of invoicing and income, and Scott Wysong who oversees writing and language quality control of manuscripts for both Japan and China. In the Beijing, China, office are Rachael Lee and Qi Ying, our customer relations and support staff for China.

Edanz was established in Japan in 1995 and in China in 2006 and the group currently provides language services for over 600 manuscripts per month. Edanz has over 5,200 clients in Japan and 800 in China.

Edanz's service is the only Asia-based language editing service Elsevier recommends to their authors. The American Chemical Society Publications also recommend the Edanz service to their authors, with Edanz Editing and Liwen Bianji the only recommended services localized for Japanese and Chinese authors, respectively.