Last Updated : 08th Jan 2008

Committee Membership

Chairman Link
Vice-Chairman, and Chairman Press and Press and Media Side
Government Members
Press & Broadcasting Members
Secretary
Deputy Secretary

The current membership of the Defence, Press and Broadcasting Advisory Committee is as follows:

Chairman


Name:
Sir Bill Jeffrey KCB

Organisation:
Permanent Under Secretary of State
Ministry of Defence

Vice-Chairman, and Chairman, and Broadcasting Society

Simon Bucks
Name:
Simon Bucks

Organisation:
Associate Editor Sky News

Nominated By...
British Sky Broadcasting

Government Members

Name:

Organisation:

Sir Ian Andrews CBE TD 2nd Permanent Under Secretary of State Ministry of Defence

Mrs Mariot Leslie CMG
DG Defence & Intelligence
Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Sir David Norminton KCB Permanent Under Secretary of State Home Office

Mr Robert Hannigan Security Adviser to the
Prime Minister
Cabinet Office

Press & Broadcasting Members

Name:

Organisation:

Nominated By...

James Bishop Editor-in-Chief
Illustrated London News Group

PPA
Hugh Carnegy Executive Editor
The Financial Times

NPA
James Green Security Publisher
Jane's Information Group

PPA
Edmund Curran Editor
The Belfast Telegraph

NS
Robin Esser Executive Managing Editor
Daily Mail

NPA
Jonathan Grun Editor
Press Association

PA
John Battle Head of Compliance
Independent Television News

ITN
John McLellan Editor
Edinburgh Evening News

SDNS
Michael Jermey Editor, Regional News
ITV

ITV
James MacManus Executive Director
News International Newspapers Ltd

NPA
David Jordan Director Editorial Policy and Standards
BBC

BBC
Simon Irwin Editorial Director
Kent Messenger

NS
Bob Satchwell Executive Director
Society of Editors
SOE

Secretary

Air Vice-Marshal Andrew Vallance
Air Vice-Marshal Andrew Vallance CB OBE (click here to contact)

Deputy Secretary

Air Commodore David Adams
Air Commodore David Adams

The Committee

The Committee