Last Updated: 30 Apr 2012

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

Chair

Ursula Brennan
Name:
Ursula Brennan

Organisation:
Permanent Under Secretary of State
Ministry of Defence

Vice-Chair, and Chair Media Side

Simon Bucks
Name:
Simon Bucks

Organisation:
Associate Editor Sky News

Nominated By...
British Sky Broadcasting

Government Members

Name:

Organisation:

Tom McKane

Director General Security Policy 
Ministry of Defence

Thomas Drew
Director for National Security
Foreign & Commonwealth Office

Dame Helen Ghosh Permanent Under Secretary of State
Home Office

Oliver Robbins Deputy National Security Adviser for
Security, Intelligence, and Resilience
Cabinet Office

Press and Broadcasting Members

Name:

Organisation:

Nominated By...

Jane Crust Deputy Managing Editor
The Financial Times

NPA
James Green Director
IHS Jane's News and Analysis

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
Vacant

SNS
Michael Jermey Director of News, CUrrent Affairs and Sport
ITV

ITV
James MacManus Executive Director
News International Newspapers Ltd

NPA
David Jordan Director Editorial Policy and Standards
BBC

BBC
Vacant

NS
Bob Satchwell Executive Director
Society of Editors

SOE
Ursula Mackenzie CEO and Publisher
Little Brown Book Group

(B)PA
Peter Barron Director, External Relations
Europe, Middle East and Africa
Google

Google
Barry McIlheney Chief Executive
Periodical Publishers Association
PPA

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