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Press Release.

NEW BOARD OF THE INDEPENDENT PRESS STANDARDS ORGANISATION APPOINTED.

Sir Hayden Phillips, Chair of the Selection Panel, and Sir Alan Moses, Chair of the Independent Press

Standards Organisation (IPSO), announce today the names of the twelve strong Board that will leadthe new press regulator for the United Kingdom.

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. 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 IPSOs 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

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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 UKs 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 Governments 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.

Background notes.

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

IPSO.

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.

Contact.

If you have further queries please contact James Connal on james.connal@ipso.co.uk or 07788

421378.

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