The current membership of the Defence and Security Media Advisory Committee is as follows:
Chair
Paul Wyatt
Director General Security Policy
Ministry of Defence
Vice-Chair (Chair of the Media Side)
John Battle
Head of Compliance ITN
Official Members
Name | Organisation |
---|---|
Matthew Collins | Deputy National Security Adviser, Cabinet Office |
Chris Rampling | Director National Security at The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office |
Jonathan Sinclair | Director National Security, The Home Office |
Gareth Martin | Director National Security, The Ministry of Defence |
Media Members
Name | Organisation | Nominated By |
---|---|---|
Dawn Alford | Executive Director Society of Editors | Society of Editors |
Ian Brunskill | Associate Editor, The Times & Sunday Times | NMA |
Peter Clifton | Editor Press Association | Press Association |
David Dillon | Editor Mail on Sunday | NMA |
Joe Fay | Freelance | Chair and Vice-Chair |
James Green | Director Janes | Janes |
David Higgerson | Digital Publishing Director Trinity Mirror Regionals | NMA |
Michael Jermey | Director of News, Current Affairs and Sport ITV | ITV |
David Jordan | Director of Editorial Policy and Standards BBC | BBC |
Paul Kunert | Editor, The Register | Chair and Vice-Chair |
John McLellan | Director, Scottish Newspaper Society | SNS |
Lisa Mitchell | Director Editorial Content, BFBS | Chair and Vice-Chair |
Charles Redmayne | Chief Executive Officer Harper Collins UK | The Publishers Association |
Sarah Whitehead | Deputy Head News Gathering, Sky News | Sky TV |
Eilidh Wilson | Public Affairs Executive | Professional Publishers Association |
Robert Winnett | Deputy Editor The Daily Telegraph | NMA |
Joy Yates | Editor Newsquest, North Cumbria | NMA |
Secretary
Brigadier Geoffrey Dodds OBE
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First Deput
y Secretary
Captain Jon Perkins RN
Second Deputy Secretary
Lieutenant Commander Stephen Dudley RN
PA to Secretary
Geetha Kanagarajah