Paul Myners, chairman
Joined the Group in 2000. He is chair of the remuneration and nominations committees. Paul is also chair of Land Securities Group plc, the Low Pay Commission and the Trustees of Tate, and a member of Court of the Bank of England.
Carolyn McCall, chief executive
Appointed chief executive in August 2006. Carolyn was first appointed to the Board in 2000, having served on the Guardian News & Media Limited board since 1995, becoming its chief executive in 2000. She is chair of Opportunity Now.
Nick Castro, group finance director
Joined the Group and Board in 1998. He was previously group finance director of Yorkshire Tyne Tees Television Holdings plc and a partner with KPMG in London.
Alan Rusbridger, editor, the Guardian
Joined the Board in 1999. Alan joined the Guardian as a reporter in 1979, became deputy editor in 1993 and was appointed to Guardian Newspapers board in 1994. He became editor in 1995, and joined the Scott Trust in 1997. He is executive editor of the Observer, a member of the Press Complaints Commission's code committee, a visiting fellow at Nuffield College and visiting professor of history at Queen Mary's London and chair of the National Youth Orchestra.
Tim Brooks, managing director, Guardian News & Media
Joined the Group and Board in September 2006. Tim was previously on the board of IPC Media Ltd and has worked at Emap plc in a variety of senior management roles.
Mark Dodson, chief executive, GMG Regional Media
Joined the Group in 1988 and was appointed to the Board in 2005. He became chief executive of Greater Manchester Weekly Newspapers in 1998. Mark is also on the board of the Newspaper Society, fish4 Ltd and is chief executive of Channel M, the UK's most successful city TV station.
John Myers, chief executive, GMG Radio
Joined the Group in 1999 and was appointed to the Board in January 2006. John is chairman of the Radio Academy, he sits on the board of the Radio Centre and the Sony Radio Awards. He was awarded a fellowship for his contribution to radio in 2002.
Giles Coode-Adams OBE DL, senior independent director
Joined the Board in 1999. He is chairman of the audit committee. Giles was formerly a managing director and then senior adviser to Lehman Brothers, and he was chief executive of the Royal Botanic Garden, Kew, Foundation from 1991-1997. He is a non-executive director of Rathbone Brothers plc.
John Bartle CBE, independent
Joined the Board in 2002. He was previously co-founder and joint CEO of advertising agency BBH, co-founder of TBWA London and has worked for Cadbury Schweppes. John has a number of non-executive and advisory appointments in the communications and charity sectors.
Brent Hoberman, independent Joined the Board in January 2007. Brent was previously co-founder and CEO of lastminute.com. He has worked for LineOne, Mars & Co, Spectrum Strategy Consultants and was a founder member of QXL, an online auction company. He is also a governor of University of the Arts, London.
Nick Backhouse, independent
Joined the Board in April 2007. Nick is the chief financial officer of NCP Services, the UK’s leading traffic management business. He was previously group finance director of National Car Parks, chief financial officer of The Laurel Pub Company, and before that CFO of Freeserve, the internet service provider.
Amelia Fawcett, independent
Joined the Board in June 2007. She was vice chair of Morgan Stanley’s European operations. She is currently chair of a new capital markets company based in London, and a non-executive director of State Street Corporation in Boston. She is a member of the Court of the Bank of England and the Council of the University of London, deputy chair of the National Portrait Gallery, and chair of the London International Festival of Theatre.
Phil Boardman, company secretary
Joined the Group and appointed company secretary in 2001. Phil was previously group financial controller of Hickson International plc and Fenner plc.