The Committee

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 Deputy Secretary

Captain Jon Perkins RN

 

 

 

Second Deputy Secretary

Lieutenant Commander Stephen Dudley RN

 

 

 

 

PA to Secretary

Geetha Kanagarajah