Amberwood Publishing was founded in 1991 with the object of publishing affordable books on Natural Health Care. All of our titles are commissioned from authors chosen for their expertise. Each book is in a format suitable for the general public and students alike.

All of us at Amberwood care about the information we publish. Our aim is to market factual scientifically-based literature for the benefit of the growing number of people wanting to use Natural Medicine.

We hope you enjoy our books

"affordable books - written by experts"

 
The Amberwood Offices, by the Medway

The Team

Managing Director

June Crisp

June has been at the forefront in Sales & Marketing of herbal medicine and dietary supplements for many years and is responsible for the authoritative image of Bio-Health. During the 1970s and 80s, she was in charge of training and product information for a major retail chain and compiled and wrote the nutritional training manual entitled 'The Directory of Nutritional Supplements'. She has written numerous articles on natural healthcare, training and consumer information leaflets.

June has lectured on OTC herbal medicine in many countries, given talks on diet and healthcare to schools, colleges and healthcare professionals and organised training seminars extensively throughout the UK, Europe and Asia. She is Managing Director of Amberwood Publishing Limited, a publisher specialising in natural healthcare titles.

Joint Managing Director

Victor Perfitt

Victor Perfitt was awarded the MBE in 1999 for services to the herbal medicine industry. He is a member of the National Institute of Medical Herbalists, the senior professional organisation in the UK, established in 1864.

Victor has over 30 years experience in the manufacture and supply of herbal medicinal products.

He was Chairman of the British Herbal Medicine Association for the past ten years, representing members interests in negotiations with regulatory bodies. He is also the Director of the European Scientific Co-operative on Phytotherapy (ESCOP) being one of the founder personnel, and is also a Qualified Person in the manufacture of herbal medicinal products under directive 75/3/19/EC

CEO

Henry Crisp

Henry Crisp is a Solicitor and was appointed Chief Executive of Amberwood Publishing in 1994.

With his background in law, Henry has special responsibility for the drafting of all authors contracts and deals with legal matters on behalf of the company.

Additionally, Henry has been responsible for the commissioning of new titles for the Amberwood collection of health care books.

Henry has a personal interest in health care and nutrition and is committed to Amberwood Publishing providing first class information on all aspects of health care.