The Board will meet soon and start work so that IPSO is prepared and ready to act as the regulator in September. Important initial tasks for the Board will be to appoint the IPSO Complaints Committee, a Chief Executive and consider how best to create an arbitration service, says IPSO. This period of preparation provides an important opportunity for the Board to consider and discuss the regulations and procedures for which it will be responsible. Until IPSO formally starts work as the regulator, the Press Complaints Commission will continue with its existing functions and responsibilities. Sir Alan will be meeting and hearing the views of those concerned with the work of the new regulator. There will be public meetings across the United Kingdom.
The Board includes people from business, diplomacy, consumer rights, the pensions sector, academia, the voluntary sector and the publishing and newspaper industries. Experience is drawn from across the United Kingdom. Full biographies are below.
Sir Hayden said “The new Board contains distinguished people from different walks of life and with a mix of skills and achievements that will, I believe, ensure the new regulator will be able to build the trust of the public. I was delighted that there was such a large and strong field of candidates from which the Panel was able to select. I am confident the new Directors have the stature and experience to bring into being a tough and independent regulator that will stand the test of time.”
Sir Alan joined the interview Panel after his appointment as Chair of IPSO in May. He said “I am delighted to have the chance to work with such a talented group of independent-minded people, committed to provide rigorous and strong regulation. Now we must start our work of preparation. We plan to use the coming period to listen and engage with the public, experts and the industry before IPSO’s formal launch in September. This will be a new era of self regulation of our newspapers, ready to provide the independent regulation to which the public is entitled.”
Biographies of the new Board members of IPSO.
Ros Altmann
Ros Altmann is an independent expert on pensions policy, a frequent media commentator on pensions issues, a renowned consumer champion and former Director General of the Saga Group. She is a Non-Executive Director of Trafalgar House Pension Trust and the Investment Board for the Official Solicitor and Office of the Accountant General. An economist by training, she was a Non-Executive Director of LSE for six years, and is a Governor of the Pensions Policy Institute, on the Advisory Board of the International Longevity Centre ILC-UK and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts.
Kevin Hand
Kevin Hand is currently Vice President of EMMA, the European Magazine Marketing Association and Deputy Chair of the Professional Publisher Association, having previously acted as Chair. During his executive career Kevin served as a director of Emap for ten years, the last three of which were as the Chief Executive. In addition to his non executive work, Kevin also acts as a consultant to media companies.
Rick Hill
Rick Hill is Chair of the General Consumer Council for Northern Ireland. He has previously been Chair of Northern Ireland Screen Commission, Chair of Consumer Focus Post and member of the Consumer Focus UK Board, a member of the BBC Audience Council for Northern Ireland and BBC Broadcasting Council for Northern Ireland. He is the former Minister of Garnerville Presbyterian Church, Belfast.
Rick is now the owner and Director of Titanic Gap Media Consultancy, working with independent TV and Film production companies.
Anne Lapping
Anne Lapping is Vice Chairman of the Council and Court of the London School of Economics. She began her career as a reporter working for New Society and the Economist, before jointly founding the TV production company Brook Productions. Anne is a Trustee of openDemocracy, Chair of the Management Board of Polis, and a former Non-Executive Director of Channel 4, the Scott Trust and Central and Northwest London Mental Health NHS Trust.
Charles McGhee
Charles McGhee, the former editor of The Herald in Glasgow, is an Honorary Professor in Journalism and Media at Glasgow Caledonian University. Charles is a former member of the Press Complaints Commission and President of the UK Society of Editors and served on the Scotland board of Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres.
William Newman
William Newman is a former Managing Editor of The Sun, he previously worked with a number of newspapers including The Guardian, Sunday Times and Observer. William was a member of the International Organisation of News Ombudsmen, and he is currently a trustee and former Chairman of the Journalists’ Charity.
Keith Perch
Keith Perch has almost 30 years experience working in regional newspapers. He is the former editor of the Leicester Mercury, the Derby Telegraph and the South Wales Echo, Cardiff. He also worked for the Grimsby Telegraph, the Hull Daily Mail and the Birmingham Post and Mail. Keith is currently a senior lecturer in journalism at the University of Derby and a media consultant.
Tom Phillips
Sir Tom Phillips is former UK Ambassador to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He previously spent thirty years with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in a wide range of senior roles, including as British Ambassador to Israel and the UK’s Special Representative in Afghanistan. He is Senior Adviser to GPW Ltd and a Member of the Wilton Park Advisory Council. Sir Tom Phillips’ appointment is subject to clearance through the Government’s Business Appointments Rules process, which applies to former Crown servants who intend to take up an outside appointment or employment after leaving the Civil Service.
Richard Reed
Richard Reed is the co-founder of Innocent, the No.1 smoothie brand. Richard currently runs JamJar Investments, which supports entrepreneurs to build successful businesses . He is the co-founder of Art Everywhere and a patron of Peace One Day.
Clare Tickell
Dame Clare Tickell is Chief Executive of Hanover Housing Association, she was previously Chief Executive of Action for Children. Clare has held numerous non-executive and advisory positions throughout her career including chairing the Help the Hospices Commission into the Future of End of Life Care, and was a member of the RSA 2020 Commission into Public Services.
Charles Wilson
Charles Wilson is the former managing director, of the Mirror Group Newspapers plc. Prior to this role he edited a number of newspapers including The Times, Independent, the Scottish Sunday Standard, Glasgow Herald and the Chicago Sun Times. His recent non-executive appointments include board member of the Youth Justice Board, NED of the Chelsea & Westminster Hospital and Vice Chairman of Addaction.
Selection panel.
Sir Hayden Phillips chaired the independent Panel to select a Chair and Board for IPSO, the new regulator of the press. His fellow Panel members were , Lord Brown of Eaton-under-Heywood , Dame Denise Platt, Paul Horrocks and John Witherow. Sir Alan Moses joined the Panel following his appointment as Chair of IPSO to help select his fellow Board Directors
About IPSO
IPSO says: “The Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO) is planned to start work in September. Unlike the Press Complaints Commission which is currently in operation, IPSO will be a tough new regulator which has strong legal powers, has the ability to undertake investigations into serious incidents of breakdown in standards and then apply sanctions, and is independent from the press.”
