The Scott Trust directors

Dame Liz Forgan DBE Chair Dame Liz Forgan DBE, Chair of the Scott Trust Has chaired the Scott Trust since 2003. She was formerly an independent director of Guardian Media Group plc, director of programmes at Channel 4 Television, managing director of BBC Network Radio and a Guardian journalist. She is chair of the Arts Council England.

Larry Elliott Larry Elliott Joined the Scott Trust in 2002. He joined the Guardian as an industrial reporter from the Press Association in 1988. He became economics correspondent in 1989 and economics editor in 1995.

Andrew Graham Andrew Graham Joined the Scott Trust in March 2005. He is the master of Balliol College, Oxford, chair of the advisory board of the Oxford Internet Institute and an elected member of the Council of Oxford University. He was economic adviser to the prime minister, 1967-69 and 1974-76, and to the leader of the Labour Party, John Smith, 1988-94. From 1998 to 2005, he was a non-executive director of Channel 4 Television.

Will Hutton Will Hutton Joined the Scott Trust in 2004. He is executive vice chair of the Work Foundation and is a governor of the London School of Economics. He was formerly on the board of Guardian News & Media and editor-in-chief of the Observer, and remains a columnist for both newspapers.

Maleiha Malik Maleiha Malik Joined the Scott Trust in 2007. She is Reader in Law at the School of Law, King’s College London. A former member of the independent human rights organisation the Council of Liberty, her main teaching, research interests and publications are in political and legal philosophy, feminist theory and discrimination law.

Carolyn McCall OBE Carolyn McCall OBE Joined the Scott Trust in 2006. Appointed Guardian Media Group plc chief executive in August 2006. She was first appointed to the Board in 2000, having served on the Guardian News & Media board since 1995, becoming its chief executive in 2000. She is a non-executive director of Lloyds TSB and a director of Business in the Community.

Geraldine Proudler Geraldine Proudler Joined the Scott Trust in 2002. She is a solicitor specialising in media law and is a partner at the law firm Olswang. She has defended the Guardian in libel actions since 1982, including successfully defending the action brought by cabinet minister Jonathan Aitken, and recently the claim by Tesco plc.

Alan Rusbridger Alan Rusbridger Joined the Scott Trust in 1997 and the Board in 1999. Joined the Guardian as a reporter in 1979, became deputy editor in 1993 and was appointed to the Guardian News & Media board in 1994. He became editor in 1995. He is editor-in-chief of Guardian News & Media, a member of the Press Complaints Commission’s Code committee, a visiting fellow at Nuffield College, visiting professor of history at Queen Mary’s London and chair of the National Youth Orchestra.

Anthony Salz Anthony Salz Joined the Scott Trust in 2009. He is an executive vice chairman of Rothschild. For most of his career he worked as a corporate lawyer with Freshfields, becoming senior partner in 1996. He was vice chairman of the Board of Governors of the BBC from 2004 until the end of 2006. He is, among other things, chair of the Eden Trust and a trustee of the Royal Opera House, the Tate Foundation, the Media Standards Trust and the Paul Hamlyn Foundation.

Jonathan Scott Jonathan Scott Joined the Scott Trust in 1988. He is currently a non-executive director of Ambac Assurance UK. He was previously a director of KPMG Corporate Finance and SBC Warburg.

Phil Boardman Secretary Phil Boardman, Secretary Appointed secretary of the Scott Trust in 2004. He joined the Group and was appointed company secretary in 2001. Previously he was group financial controller of Hickson International PLC and Fenner PLC.

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