James Catford was responsible for a number of public figures as well as the adult work of C.S. Lewis, during a career in commercial publishing in London. For fourteen years he was leader of the British Bible Society where he established Theos, the think tank on faith and society. A frequent visitor to China he served for ten years as vice-chair of the Amity Printing Company, the largest producer of Bibles in the world. More recently he has been Chair the spiritual formation effort Renovaré and of SPCK, the third oldest publisher in the UK, founded in 1698.  He currently serves as literary advisor to the Dallas Willard estate.